Orange County, NY Shrink-Swell Risk

Orange County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Orange County, NY, 96.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.28% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Orange County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Orange County.

Budgeting for Orange County, NY

Orange County's soil reading points toward standard foundation practice as the likely outcome, not the exception. 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.

Orange County's rank among New York counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Orange County, NY ranks 2,712 most-constrained nationally, and 37 of 62 within New York. Orange County, NY is 812 square miles with a population of 411,767.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Portage County, OH and Clinton County, PA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in New York

Every county in New York is on this site, including Livingston County, NY and St. Lawrence County, NY. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.