Richland County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

Richland County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Richland County, WI, 78.9% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.4% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Richland County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Richland County.

Budgeting for Richland County, WI

Richland 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.

Richland County's rank among Wisconsin counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Richland County, WI ranks 1,648 most-constrained nationally, and 24 of 72 within Wisconsin. The county spans 586 square miles, home to 17,123 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Richland County, MT and Warren County, NC are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin

Every county in Wisconsin is on this site, including Green Lake County, WI and Ozaukee County, WI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.