Pope County, IL Shrink-Swell Risk

Pope County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Pope County, IL, 75.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.38% 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

Pope County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Pope County.

Budgeting for Pope County, IL

Pope 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, Pope County, IL ranks 1,668 most-constrained nationally, and 100 of 101 within Illinois. The county spans 369 square miles, home to 3,703 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Baker County, OR and Union County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Illinois

Every county in Illinois is on this site, including Boone County, IL and Jefferson County, IL. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.