Pushmataha County, OK Shrink-Swell Risk

What Pushmataha County, OK's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Pushmataha County, OK's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.04% across 65.2% 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 Pushmataha County, OK 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 Pushmataha County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Pushmataha County, OK 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.

Pushmataha County's rank among Oklahoma counties

Nationally, Pushmataha County, OK is the 1,173-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Oklahoma alone it ranks 48 of 77. Pushmataha County covers 1,396 square miles and counts 10,800 residents.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Towns County, GA and Noble County, OH are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Oklahoma

Every county in Oklahoma is on this site, including Choctaw County, OK and Woods County, OK. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.