Van Buren County, AR Shrink-Swell Risk

Van Buren County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Van Buren County, AR, 60.8% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.01% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Van Buren County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Budgeting for Van Buren County, AR

Van Buren 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Van Buren County, AR ranks 1,975 most-constrained nationally, and 60 of 75 within Arkansas. Van Buren County, AR is 710 square miles with a population of 16,152.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Webster County, KY and Benton County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Arkansas

Every county in Arkansas is on this site, including Pike County, AR and Madison County, AR. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.