Texas County, MO Shrink-Swell Risk

Texas County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Texas County, MO, 90.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.92% linear extensibility on average. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

Before you rely on this for one address

Texas 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 Texas County.

Budgeting for Texas County, MO

Texas 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.

How Texas County, MO compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Texas County, MO ranks 2,059 most-constrained nationally, and 99 of 114 within Missouri. Texas County, MO is 1,177 square miles with a population of 25,715.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Rabun County, GA and Bourbon County, KY are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Missouri

Every county in Missouri is on this site, including Warren County, MO and Moniteau County, MO. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.