Queen Anne's County, MD Shrink-Swell Risk

Queen Anne's County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Queen Anne's County, MD, 100% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.05% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Queen Anne's 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 Queen Anne's County will actually do.

Budgeting for Queen Anne's County, MD

Queen Anne's 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.

How Queen Anne's County, MD compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Queen Anne's County, MD ranks 2,870 most-constrained nationally, and 21 of 24 within Maryland. Queen Anne's County covers 372 square miles and counts 53,688 residents.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Scott County, IN and Kent County, MD are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Maryland

Every county in Maryland is on this site, including Caroline County, MD and Garrett County, MD. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.