Osceola County, FL Shrink-Swell Risk

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

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Osceola County, FL's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 0.33% across 98.9% 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 Osceola 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 Osceola County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Osceola 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.

Osceola County's rank among Florida counties

Nationally, Osceola County, FL is the 3,065-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Florida alone it ranks 62 of 66. Osceola County, FL is 1,327 square miles with a population of 468,058.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. San Mateo County, CA and Polk County, FL are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Florida

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