Wilkinson County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

What Wilkinson County, GA's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Wilkinson County, GA's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.11% across 97.8% of the county's surveyed land. 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.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Wilkinson County, GA 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 Wilkinson County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Wilkinson County, GA 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.

Wilkinson County's rank among Georgia counties

Nationally, Wilkinson County, GA is the 2,837-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 132 of 159. Wilkinson County covers 449 square miles and counts 8,667 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Putnam County, TN and Cass County, MO are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Georgia

Every county in Georgia is on this site, including Brantley County, GA and Paulding County, GA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.