Stearns County, MN Shrink-Swell Risk

Stearns County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Stearns County, MN, 83.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.03% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Stearns 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 Stearns County.

Budgeting for Stearns County, MN

Stearns 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.

Stearns County's rank among Minnesota counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Stearns County, MN ranks 1,955 most-constrained nationally, and 60 of 87 within Minnesota. Stearns County, MN is 1,343 square miles with a population of 163,997.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Tensas Parish, LA and Grant County, OR are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Minnesota

Every county in Minnesota is on this site, including Carlton County, MN and Carver County, MN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.