Wayne County, NC Shrink-Swell Risk

Wayne County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Wayne County, NC, 97.5% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.42% 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

Wayne County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Wayne County.

Budgeting for Wayne County, NC

Wayne 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.

Wayne County's rank among North Carolina counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Wayne County, NC ranks 2,592 most-constrained nationally, and 83 of 100 within North Carolina. Wayne County, NC is 554 square miles with a population of 120,338.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Elmore County, ID and Lee County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in North Carolina

Every county in North Carolina is on this site, including Henderson County, NC and Camden County, NC. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.