Vigo County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

What Vigo County, IN's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Vigo County, IN's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.8% across 52.2% 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 Vigo County, IN at once, not any single address. 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 Vigo County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Vigo County, IN 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.

Vigo County's rank among Indiana counties

Nationally, Vigo County, IN is the 1,344-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Indiana alone it ranks 51 of 90. Vigo County, IN is 404 square miles with a population of 106,166.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Washington County, AL and Tippecanoe County, IN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Indiana

Every county in Indiana is on this site, including Marion County, IN and Huntington County, IN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.