Scott County, AR Shrink-Swell Risk

Scott County, AR's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Moderate

Scott County, AR: USDA's soil survey rates 49.4% of the county "Moderate" for shrink-swell potential (3.23% linear extensibility). Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

What Scott County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Scott County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Scott County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Scott County, AR 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, Scott County, AR is the 1,028-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Arkansas alone it ranks 31 of 75. Scott County covers 893 square miles and counts 9,837 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Maverick County, TX and Ballard County, KY are worth a look for comparison.

How this reading is built, and its real limits · Moisture management: the cheap fix that works on any soil

More of Arkansas

Every county in Arkansas is on this site, including Faulkner County, AR and Carroll County, AR. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.