Winston County, AL Shrink-Swell Risk

Winston County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Winston County, AL, 99.9% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.11% 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

Winston County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Winston County will actually do.

Budgeting for Winston County, AL

Winston 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Winston County, AL ranks 2,833 most-constrained nationally, and 66 of 67 within Alabama. The county spans 613 square miles, home to 23,869 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Hunterdon County, NJ and Kay County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

How this reading is built, and its real limits · Moisture management: the cheap fix that works on any soil

Elsewhere in Alabama

Every county in Alabama is on this site, including Cleburne County, AL and Washington County, AL. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.