Ohio County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

What Ohio County, IN's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Ohio County, IN's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 4.16% across 51.7% 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 Ohio County, IN 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 Ohio County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Ohio County, IN 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.

Ohio County's rank among Indiana counties

Nationally, Ohio County, IN is the 495-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Indiana alone it ranks 10 of 90. The county spans 86 square miles, home to 5,996 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Gosper County, NE and Johnson County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Indiana

Every county in Indiana is on this site, including Jefferson County, IN and Union County, IN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.