Murray County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

What Murray County, GA's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Murray County, GA's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.12% across 81.7% of the county's surveyed land. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Murray County, GA at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Murray County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Murray County, GA 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 Murray County, GA compares

Nationally, Murray County, GA is the 1,873-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 23 of 159. The county spans 344 square miles, home to 41,316 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Defiance County, OH and Carbon County, UT are worth a look for comparison.

How this reading is built, and its real limits · Moisture management: the cheap fix that works on any soil

More of Georgia

Every county in Georgia is on this site, including Union County, GA and Clinch County, GA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.