Monroe County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

Monroe County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Monroe County, OH, 56.9% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.92% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Monroe County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A site-specific soil report, usually $1,000-$5,000, is what an engineer would actually pull before designing a foundation on a lot in Monroe County.

Budgeting for Monroe County, OH

Monroe County's soil reading points toward standard foundation practice as the likely outcome, not the exception. A geotechnical report runs $1,000-$5,000, typically around $2,700. Foundation repair, if a specific lot turns out to differ from the county average, runs $5,000-$15,000.

Monroe County's rank among Ohio counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Monroe County, OH ranks 1,252 most-constrained nationally, and 55 of 88 within Ohio. Monroe County, OH is 456 square miles with a population of 13,051.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Grand Traverse County, MI and Wayne County, NE are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Ohio

Every county in Ohio is on this site, including Fairfield County, OH and Putnam County, OH. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.