Perry County, KY Shrink-Swell Risk

What Perry County, KY's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Perry County, KY's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.05% across 97.6% of the county's surveyed land. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Perry County, KY 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 Perry County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Perry County, KY 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.

Perry County's rank among Kentucky counties

Nationally, Perry County, KY is the 2,872-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kentucky alone it ranks 117 of 120. Perry County, KY is 340 square miles with a population of 26,739.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Dunn County, WI and Coke County, TX are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kentucky

Every county in Kentucky is on this site, including Logan County, KY and Breathitt County, KY. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.