Pembina County, ND Shrink-Swell Risk

Pembina County, ND's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Moderate

Pembina County, ND: USDA's soil survey rates 47.8% of the county "Moderate" for shrink-swell potential (4.01% linear extensibility). Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

What Pembina County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Pembina County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Pembina County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Pembina County, ND 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, Pembina County, ND is the 561-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within North Dakota alone it ranks 3 of 53. Pembina County, ND is 1,119 square miles with a population of 6,588.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Greene County, IA and Rockwall County, TX are worth a look for comparison.

How this reading is built, and its real limits · Moisture management: the cheap fix that works on any soil

More of North Dakota

Every county in North Dakota is on this site, including Pierce County, ND and Steele County, ND. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.