Winkler County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

What Winkler County, TX's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Winkler County, TX's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.65% across 98% 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 Winkler County, TX at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Winkler County, TX 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 Winkler County, TX compares

Nationally, Winkler County, TX is the 2,338-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 246 of 253. The county spans 841 square miles, home to 7,381 people.

Before you act on this

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

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More of Texas

Every county in Texas is on this site, including Jones County, TX and Liberty County, TX. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.