Stephens County, OK Shrink-Swell Risk

What Stephens County, OK's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Stephens County, OK's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.96% across 58.1% 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 Stephens County, OK at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Stephens County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Stephens County, OK 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, Stephens County, OK is the 1,222-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Oklahoma alone it ranks 51 of 77. Stephens County, OK is 870 square miles with a population of 44,075.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Calhoun County, GA and Kingfisher County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Oklahoma

Every county in Oklahoma is on this site, including Payne County, OK and Cherokee County, OK. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.