Pike County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

Pike County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Pike County, GA, 96.7% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.93% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Pike County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Pike County will actually do.

Budgeting for Pike County, GA

Pike County's soil reading points toward standard foundation practice as the likely outcome, not the exception. 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

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Pike County, GA ranks 2,054 most-constrained nationally, and 32 of 159 within Georgia. The county spans 216 square miles, home to 20,669 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Davis County, IA and Lorain County, OH are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Georgia

Every county in Georgia is on this site, including Jones County, GA and Irwin County, GA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.