Todd County, MN Shrink-Swell Risk

Todd County, MN's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Todd County, MN: USDA's soil survey rates 96.9% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.24% linear extensibility). 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.

What Todd County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Todd 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 Todd County, MN 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 Todd County, MN compares

Nationally, Todd County, MN is the 2,744-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Minnesota alone it ranks 79 of 87. Todd County covers 945 square miles and counts 25,955 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Pennington County, MN and Lyon County, MN are worth a look for comparison.

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