Pike County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

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

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Pike County, OH's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.35% across 68.1% 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 Pike County, OH at once, not any single address. 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 Pike County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Pike County, OH 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Pike County, OH is the 1,689-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 76 of 88. Pike County covers 440 square miles and counts 27,065 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Dawson County, MT and Indiana County, PA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Ohio

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