Yates County, NY Shrink-Swell Risk
Shrink-swell potential in Yates County, NY
Low
Soil across 96.5% of Yates County, NY comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 1.52% 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 this number does and doesn't tell you
This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Yates County, NY - 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).
Yates County: the real numbers
Yates 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 Yates County, NY compares
Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Yates County, NY ranks 2,472 most-constrained nationally, and 24 of 62 within New York. Yates County, NY is 338 square miles with a population of 24,387.
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Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Price County, WI and Copiah County, MS are worth a look for comparison.
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