Waushara County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

Waushara County, WI's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Waushara County, WI: USDA's soil survey rates 92.1% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (0.86% linear extensibility). 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.

What Waushara County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Waushara County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Waushara County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Waushara County, WI 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.

How Waushara County, WI compares

Nationally, Waushara County, WI is the 2,959-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Wisconsin alone it ranks 66 of 72. The county spans 626 square miles, home to 25,079 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Mills County, IA and Laurens County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Wisconsin

Every county in Wisconsin is on this site, including Grant County, WI and Price County, WI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.