Schleicher County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

What Schleicher County, TX's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Schleicher County, TX's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 4.93% across 46.8% of the county's surveyed land. That's a middle reading: not the sharp swings that crack a foundation outright, but enough that grading and drainage are worth getting right.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Schleicher County, TX at once, not any single address. 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 Schleicher County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Schleicher County, TX rating "Moderate", 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Schleicher County, TX is the 303-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 73 of 253. Schleicher County, TX is 1,311 square miles with a population of 2,302.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Hocking County, OH and Hamilton County, NE are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Texas

Every county in Texas is on this site, including Rains County, TX and Caldwell County, TX. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.