Teller County, CO Shrink-Swell Risk

Teller County, CO's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Teller County, CO: USDA's soil survey rates 91.8% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.71% linear extensibility). That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What Teller County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Teller County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Teller County, CO 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.

How Teller County, CO compares

Nationally, Teller County, CO is the 2,270-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Colorado alone it ranks 49 of 63. The county spans 557 square miles, home to 24,862 people.

For contrast

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

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More of Colorado

Every county in Colorado is on this site, including Crowley County, CO and Archuleta County, CO. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.