Sheboygan County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

What Sheboygan County, WI's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Sheboygan County, WI's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.97% across 54.8% 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 Sheboygan County, WI 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 Sheboygan County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Sheboygan County, WI 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, Sheboygan County, WI is the 1,213-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Wisconsin alone it ranks 16 of 72. Sheboygan County, WI is 512 square miles with a population of 118,331.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Sandusky County, OH and St. Croix County, WI are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Wisconsin

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