Pepin County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

What Pepin County, WI's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Pepin County, WI's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.74% across 97.3% 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 Pepin County, WI at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Pepin County, WI 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.

Pepin County's rank among Wisconsin counties

Nationally, Pepin County, WI is the 2,240-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Wisconsin alone it ranks 39 of 72. Pepin County, WI is 232 square miles with a population of 7,555.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Spotsylvania County, VA and Haakon County, SD are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Wisconsin

Every county in Wisconsin is on this site, including Dunn County, WI and Buffalo County, WI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.