Yell County, AR Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Yell County, AR

Low

Soil across 65.9% of Yell County, AR comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 2.54% linear extensibility. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Yell County, AR - never a reading for one specific parcel. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Yell County will actually do.

Yell County: the real numbers

Yell 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 Yell County, AR compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Yell County, AR ranks 1,527 most-constrained nationally, and 43 of 75 within Arkansas. Yell County, AR is 930 square miles with a population of 20,134.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Clay County, TN and Bee County, TX 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 Arkansas

Every county in Arkansas is on this site, including Newton County, AR and Poinsett County, AR. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.