Yakutat City and Borough, AK Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Yakutat City and Borough, AK

Low

Soil across 100% of Yakutat City and Borough, AK comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 0.17% linear extensibility. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Yakutat City and Borough, AK - never a reading for one specific parcel. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Yakutat City and Borough: the real numbers

Yakutat City and Borough'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 Yakutat City and Borough, AK compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Yakutat City and Borough, AK ranks 3,083 most-constrained nationally, and 11 of 11 within Alaska. Yakutat City and Borough, AK is 7,628 square miles with a population of 690.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Marshall County, MN and Greene County, NY are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Alaska

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