Rusk County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

Rusk County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Rusk County, WI, 100% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.02% 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

Rusk 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 Rusk County will actually do.

Budgeting for Rusk County, WI

Rusk 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Rusk County, WI ranks 2,891 most-constrained nationally, and 60 of 72 within Wisconsin. Rusk County covers 914 square miles and counts 14,168 residents.

Before you act on this

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

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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