Scioto County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

What Scioto County, OH's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Scioto County, OH's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.25% across 66.6% of the county's surveyed land. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Scioto County, OH 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 Scioto County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Scioto County, OH 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Scioto County, OH is the 1,752-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 78 of 88. The county spans 610 square miles, home to 71,798 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Frio County, TX and Isanti County, MN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Ohio

Every county in Ohio is on this site, including Putnam County, OH and Monroe County, OH. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.