Yalobusha County, MS Shrink-Swell Risk

Yalobusha County, MS's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Yalobusha County, MS: USDA's soil survey rates 94.2% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.42% linear extensibility). Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

What Yalobusha County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Yalobusha County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Yalobusha County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Yalobusha County, MS 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 Yalobusha County, MS compares

Nationally, Yalobusha County, MS is the 2,600-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Mississippi alone it ranks 75 of 82. Yalobusha County, MS is 467 square miles with a population of 12,458.

Before you act on this

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

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More of Mississippi

Every county in Mississippi is on this site, including Issaquena County, MS and Smith County, MS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.