Monroe County, TN Shrink-Swell Risk

Monroe County, TN's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Monroe County, TN: USDA's soil survey rates 73.8% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.21% linear extensibility). That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What Monroe County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Monroe County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Monroe County, TN rating "Low", a geotechnical report is still worthwhile before a build, just less urgent than in a high-risk county. 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Monroe County, TN is the 1,788-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Tennessee alone it ranks 38 of 95. Monroe County, TN is 636 square miles with a population of 49,154.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Ellis County, TX and Bollinger County, MO are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Tennessee

Every county in Tennessee is on this site, including Anderson County, TN and Coffee County, TN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.