Prentiss County, MS Shrink-Swell Risk

What Prentiss County, MS's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Prentiss County, MS's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.6% across 82.6% 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 Prentiss County, MS 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 Prentiss County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Prentiss County, MS 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.

Prentiss County's rank among Mississippi counties

Nationally, Prentiss County, MS is the 1,477-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Mississippi alone it ranks 33 of 82. The county spans 415 square miles, home to 25,489 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Bourbon County, KS and Crawford County, AR are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Mississippi

Every county in Mississippi is on this site, including Smith County, MS and Jefferson Davis County, MS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.