Orange County, FL Shrink-Swell Risk

What Orange County, FL's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Orange County, FL's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 0.82% across 97.4% of the county's surveyed land. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Orange County, FL 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 Orange County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Orange County, FL 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 Orange County, FL compares

Nationally, Orange County, FL is the 2,974-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Florida alone it ranks 48 of 66. Orange County covers 903 square miles and counts 1,533,646 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Sutter County, CA and Greene County, IN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Florida

Every county in Florida is on this site, including Levy County, FL and Lafayette County, FL. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.