Montague County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

What Montague County, TX's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Montague County, TX's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.58% across 58.9% of the county's surveyed land. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Montague County, TX at once, not any single address. 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 Montague County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Montague County, TX rating "Moderate", 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.

Montague County's rank among Texas counties

Nationally, Montague County, TX is the 793-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 159 of 253. The county spans 931 square miles, home to 21,890 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Camden County, GA and Dunn County, WI are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Texas

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