Nye County, NV Shrink-Swell Risk

Nye County, NV's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Nye County, NV: USDA's soil survey rates 88.5% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.85% 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 Nye County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Nye County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Nye County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Nye County, NV 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 Nye County, NV compares

Nationally, Nye County, NV is the 2,119-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Nevada alone it ranks 14 of 17. The county spans 18,182 square miles, home to 55,990 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Douglas County, SD and McDowell County, NC are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Nevada

Every county in Nevada is on this site, including Douglas County, NV and Lincoln County, NV. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.