Rawlins County, KS Shrink-Swell Risk

Rawlins County, KS's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Rawlins County, KS: USDA's soil survey rates 75.9% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.46% linear extensibility). That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What Rawlins County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Rawlins County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Rawlins County will actually do.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Rawlins County, KS 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.

Rawlins County's rank among Kansas counties

Nationally, Rawlins County, KS is the 1,596-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kansas alone it ranks 98 of 105. Rawlins County, KS is 1,069 square miles with a population of 2,432.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Beaver County, OK and Franklin County, MO are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kansas

Every county in Kansas is on this site, including Nemaha County, KS and Gray County, KS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.