Taylor County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

Taylor County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Moderate

In Taylor County, TX, 43.9% of the surveyed soil carries a "Moderate" shrink-swell rating, 4.73% linear extensibility on average. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

Before you rely on this for one address

Taylor 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 Taylor County.

Budgeting for Taylor County, TX

Taylor 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Taylor County, TX ranks 337 most-constrained nationally, and 83 of 253 within Texas. Taylor County, TX is 916 square miles with a population of 148,813.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Union County, TN and Cherokee County, NC are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Texas

Every county in Texas is on this site, including Sherman County, TX and Kenedy County, TX. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.