Ste. Genevieve County, MO Shrink-Swell Risk

Ste. Genevieve County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Moderate

In Ste. Genevieve County, MO, 46% of the surveyed soil carries a "Moderate" shrink-swell rating, 3.2% linear extensibility on average. That's a middle reading: not the sharp swings that crack a foundation outright, but enough that grading and drainage are worth getting right.

Before you rely on this for one address

Ste. Genevieve County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Ste. Genevieve County.

Budgeting for Ste. Genevieve County, MO

Ste. Genevieve County's soil reading points toward standard foundation practice as the likely outcome, not the exception. 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.

Ste. Genevieve County's rank among Missouri counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Ste. Genevieve County, MO ranks 1,047 most-constrained nationally, and 75 of 114 within Missouri. Ste. Genevieve County, MO is 499 square miles with a population of 18,546.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Pierce County, GA and Kingsbury County, SD are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Missouri

Every county in Missouri is on this site, including Lewis County, MO and Greene County, MO. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.