Webster County, KY Shrink-Swell Risk

What Webster County, KY's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Webster County, KY's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.54% across 64.6% of the county's surveyed land. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Webster County, KY 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 Webster County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Webster County, KY 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 Webster County, KY compares

Nationally, Webster County, KY is the 1,530-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kentucky alone it ranks 58 of 120. Webster County, KY is 332 square miles with a population of 12,854.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Stone County, AR and Comal County, TX are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kentucky

Every county in Kentucky is on this site, including Daviess County, KY and Breckinridge County, KY. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.