Wadena County, MN Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Wadena County, MN

Low

Soil across 100% of Wadena County, MN comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 0.94% linear extensibility. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Wadena County, MN - 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 Wadena County will actually do.

Wadena County: the real numbers

Wadena 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 Wadena County, MN compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Wadena County, MN ranks 2,922 most-constrained nationally, and 83 of 87 within Minnesota. Wadena County, MN is 536 square miles with a population of 14,437.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Worth County, IA and Jackson County, WI are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Minnesota

Every county in Minnesota is on this site, including Clearwater County, MN and Itasca County, MN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.