Pickaway County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

What Pickaway County, OH's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Pickaway County, OH's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.27% across 53.8% of the county's surveyed land. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Pickaway County, OH 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 Pickaway County, OH 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, Pickaway County, OH is the 994-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 46 of 88. Pickaway County, OH is 501 square miles with a population of 62,158.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Vermilion County, IL and McHenry County, ND are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Ohio

Every county in Ohio is on this site, including Lawrence County, OH and Champaign County, OH. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.