Wayne County, TN Shrink-Swell Risk

Wayne County, TN's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Wayne County, TN: USDA's soil survey rates 94.4% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.48% 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 Wayne County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Wayne 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 Wayne County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Wayne County, TN 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 Wayne County, TN compares

Nationally, Wayne County, TN is the 2,541-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Tennessee alone it ranks 80 of 95. Wayne County, TN is 734 square miles with a population of 15,974.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Hemphill County, TX and Gates County, NC are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Tennessee

Every county in Tennessee is on this site, including Sevier County, TN and Tipton County, TN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.