Sherman County, KS Shrink-Swell Risk

What Sherman County, KS's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Sherman County, KS's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.54% across 82.8% of the county's surveyed land. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Sherman County, KS 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 Sherman County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Sherman County, KS 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, Sherman County, KS is the 1,532-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kansas alone it ranks 95 of 105. Sherman County covers 1,056 square miles and counts 5,796 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Bristol city, VA and Holt County, NE are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kansas

Every county in Kansas is on this site, including Comanche County, KS and Franklin County, KS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.