Uintah County, UT Shrink-Swell Risk

What Uintah County, UT's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Uintah County, UT's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.54% across 72.3% of the county's surveyed land. 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.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Uintah County, UT at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Uintah County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Uintah County, UT 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Uintah County, UT is the 1,524-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Utah alone it ranks 11 of 29. Uintah County, UT is 4,483 square miles with a population of 38,307.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Lawrence County, AR and Custer County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Utah

Every county in Utah is on this site, including Emery County, UT and Wasatch County, UT. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.