Uvalde County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Uvalde County, TX

Moderate

Soil across 57.9% of Uvalde County, TX comes back "Moderate" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 3.71% linear extensibility. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Uvalde County, TX - never a reading for one specific parcel. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Uvalde County will actually do.

Uvalde County: the real numbers

Uvalde 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 Uvalde County, TX compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Uvalde County, TX ranks 720 most-constrained nationally, and 154 of 253 within Texas. Uvalde County, TX is 1,552 square miles with a population of 25,138.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Stewart County, TN and Steele County, ND are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Texas

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