Pecos County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

What Pecos County, TX's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Pecos County, TX's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.03% across 60.7% of the county's surveyed land. A real but modest amount of movement - standard foundations usually hold up, but drainage and moisture control around the foundation still matter more than on low-risk soil.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Pecos County, TX 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 Pecos County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Pecos County, TX 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Pecos County, TX is the 1,181-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 188 of 253. Pecos County, TX is 4,764 square miles with a population of 14,712.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Moultrie County, IL and Warren County, VA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Texas

Every county in Texas is on this site, including Kimble County, TX and Deaf Smith County, TX. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.