Wyoming County, WV Shrink-Swell Risk

Wyoming County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Wyoming County, WV, 100% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.29% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Wyoming County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Budgeting for Wyoming County, WV

Wyoming 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.

How Wyoming County, WV compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Wyoming County, WV ranks 2,710 most-constrained nationally, and 50 of 55 within West Virginia. The county spans 499 square miles, home to 19,964 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Toole County, MT and Kern County, CA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in West Virginia

Every county in West Virginia is on this site, including Tyler County, WV and Grant County, WV. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.