Rich County, UT Shrink-Swell Risk

Rich County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Rich County, UT, 86.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.94% 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

Rich 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 Rich County will actually do.

Budgeting for Rich County, UT

Rich 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 Rich County, UT compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Rich County, UT ranks 2,046 most-constrained nationally, and 26 of 29 within Utah. Rich County, UT is 1,029 square miles with a population of 2,752.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Suffolk County, NY and Fulton County, OH are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Utah

Every county in Utah is on this site, including Box Elder County, UT and Summit County, UT. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.