Summit County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

What Summit County, OH's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Summit County, OH's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.06% across 90.4% of the county's surveyed land. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Summit County, OH at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Summit County, OH 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.

Summit County's rank among Ohio counties

Nationally, Summit County, OH is the 1,924-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 81 of 88. Summit County, OH is 413 square miles with a population of 538,370.

Before you act on this

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More of Ohio

Every county in Ohio is on this site, including Muskingum County, OH and Ashland County, OH. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.