Morgan County, CO Shrink-Swell Risk

Morgan County, CO's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Morgan County, CO: USDA's soil survey rates 80% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.87% 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 Morgan County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Morgan County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Morgan County will actually do.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Morgan County, CO 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.

How Morgan County, CO compares

Nationally, Morgan County, CO is the 2,107-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Colorado alone it ranks 44 of 63. Morgan County, CO is 1,280 square miles with a population of 30,300.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. New Castle County, DE and New Kent County, VA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Colorado

Every county in Colorado is on this site, including Delta County, CO and Arapahoe County, CO. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.