Montgomery County, MS Shrink-Swell Risk

Montgomery County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Montgomery County, MS, 98.9% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.52% linear extensibility on average. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

Before you rely on this for one address

Montgomery County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Budgeting for Montgomery County, MS

Montgomery 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.

How Montgomery County, MS compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Montgomery County, MS ranks 2,475 most-constrained nationally, and 71 of 82 within Mississippi. Montgomery County, MS is 407 square miles with a population of 9,411.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Hendricks County, IN and Maui County, HI are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Mississippi

Every county in Mississippi is on this site, including Jefferson County, MS and Marshall County, MS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.