Oklahoma cities

City-by-city foundation conditions: the soils inside each city's limits, how much of it shrinks and swells, and local water, rock and permit facts.

• What are foundation conditions like in Ada, Oklahoma?About 32% of Ada sits on high shrink-swell soil and 39% has bedrock within 40 inches; Durant is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Altus, Oklahoma?About 58% of Altus sits on high shrink-swell soil; Tillman is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Alva, Oklahoma?About 17% of Alva sits on high shrink-swell soil; Hardeman is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Anadarko, Oklahoma?About 8% of Anadarko sits on high shrink-swell soil; Pond Creek is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Ardmore, Oklahoma?About 39% of Ardmore sits on high shrink-swell soil; Windthorst is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Bartlesville, Oklahoma?About 35% of Bartlesville sits on high shrink-swell soil and 43% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Bethany, Oklahoma?About 9% of Bethany sits on high shrink-swell soil; Konawa is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Bixby, Oklahoma?Bixby is split between Arkansas River terraces and floodplain, where 42% of the land rates low shrink-swell, and Dennis clay uplands; sandstone ridges add shallow rock.
• What are foundation conditions like in Blackwell, Oklahoma?About 66% of Blackwell sits on high shrink-swell soil; Tabler is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Blanchard, Oklahoma?About 1% of Blanchard sits on high shrink-swell soil and 71% has bedrock within 40 inches; Stephenville is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma?About 31% of Broken Arrow sits on high shrink-swell soil and 45% on poorly drained soil; Dennis clay covers nearly a third of the city.
• What are foundation conditions like in Catoosa, Oklahoma?About 25% of Catoosa sits on high shrink-swell soil and 37% has a water table within 2 feet; Shidler is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Chickasha, Oklahoma?About 18% of Chickasha sits on high shrink-swell soil; Teller is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Choctaw, Oklahoma?About 7% of Choctaw sits on high shrink-swell soil and 39% has bedrock within 40 inches; Stephenville is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Claremore, Oklahoma?About 37% of Claremore sits on high shrink-swell soil and 41% on poorly drained soil; Dennis clay, whose type location is just north of the city, covers 30%.
• What are foundation conditions like in Clinton, Oklahoma?About 0% of Clinton sits on high shrink-swell soil and 37% has bedrock within 40 inches; Carey is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Collinsville, Oklahoma?About 35% of Collinsville sits on high shrink-swell soil and 70% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Coweta, Oklahoma?About 26% of Coweta sits on high shrink-swell soil and 63% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Cushing, Oklahoma?About 48% of Cushing sits on high shrink-swell soil; Agra is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Del City, Oklahoma?About 13% of Del City sits on high shrink-swell soil; Norge is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Duncan, Oklahoma?About 26% of Duncan sits on high shrink-swell soil and 38% has bedrock within 40 inches; Stephenville is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Durant, Oklahoma?About 62% of Durant sits on high shrink-swell soil and 41% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Edmond, Oklahoma?About half of Edmond rates low shrink-swell because sandy soils over sandstone dominate, but 16% is high, and rock under the Garber sandstone can be very deep.
• What are foundation conditions like in El Reno, Oklahoma?About 18% of El Reno sits on high shrink-swell soil; Norge is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Elk City, Oklahoma?About 0% of Elk City sits on high shrink-swell soil and 53% has bedrock within 40 inches; Grandfield is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Enid, Oklahoma?About 40% of Enid sits on high shrink-swell soil; Bethany is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Glenpool, Oklahoma?About 43% of Glenpool sits on high shrink-swell soil and 85% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Grove, Oklahoma?About 9% of Grove sits on high shrink-swell soil; Eldorado is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Guthrie, Oklahoma?About 4% of Guthrie sits on high shrink-swell soil and 47% has bedrock within 40 inches; Coyle is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Guymon, Oklahoma?About 2% of Guymon sits on high shrink-swell soil; Conlen is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Harrah, Oklahoma?About 6% of Harrah sits on high shrink-swell soil; Littleaxe is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Henryetta, Oklahoma?About 20% of Henryetta sits on high shrink-swell soil and 53% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Holdenville, Oklahoma?About 66% of Holdenville sits on high shrink-swell soil and 79% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Hugo, Oklahoma?About 86% of Hugo sits on high shrink-swell soil; Durant is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Idabel, Oklahoma?About 58% of Idabel sits on high shrink-swell soil and 30% has bedrock within 40 inches; Swink is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Jenks, Oklahoma?About 28% of Jenks sits on high shrink-swell soil; Dennis clay uplands meet Arkansas River floodplain, where borings found 18 to 35 feet of soil over rock.
• What are foundation conditions like in Lawton, Oklahoma?About 54% of Lawton sits on high shrink-swell soil, one of the highest shares of the Oklahoma cities compared, on red clays such as Foard, Vernon and Tillman, in a dry, high-evaporation climate.
• What are foundation conditions like in McAlester, Oklahoma?About 53% of McAlester sits on high shrink-swell soil and 76% has a water table within 2 feet; Bengal is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Miami, Oklahoma?About 74% of Miami sits on high shrink-swell soil and 84% has a water table within 2 feet; Taloka is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Midwest City, Oklahoma?About 10% of Midwest City sits on high shrink-swell soil; sandy soils over sandstone and loamy terraces dominate, and 23% is mapped as urban land.
• What are foundation conditions like in Moore, Oklahoma?About 50% of Moore sits on high shrink-swell soil, the most of any Oklahoma City-area city measured, mainly Renfrow and Kirkland clays; very little drains poorly.
• What are foundation conditions like in Muskogee, Oklahoma?About 49% of Muskogee sits on high shrink-swell soil and 73% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Mustang, Oklahoma?Only about 1% of Mustang sits on high shrink-swell soil, tied with Blanchard for the least in the Oklahoma City area; red-bed shale and sandstone soils with shallow rock dominate.
• What are foundation conditions like in Newcastle, Oklahoma?About 5% of Newcastle sits on high shrink-swell soil and 38% has bedrock within 40 inches; Grant is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Noble, Oklahoma?About 22% of Noble sits on high shrink-swell soil; Norge is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Norman, Oklahoma?About 20% of Norman sits on high shrink-swell soil; sandy soils over sandstone cover much of the city, with clay on old terraces and shale prairie in the west.
• What are foundation conditions like in Oklahoma City?About 21% of Oklahoma City sits on high shrink-swell soil, but the city spans sandstone hills, shale prairie and river terraces, so conditions change by part of town.
• What are foundation conditions like in Okmulgee, Oklahoma?About 19% of Okmulgee sits on high shrink-swell soil and 50% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Owasso, Oklahoma?About 45% of Owasso sits on high shrink-swell soil and 57% on poorly drained soil, one of the wettest, most clay-heavy mixes in the Tulsa area.
• What are foundation conditions like in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma?About 34% of Pauls Valley sits on high shrink-swell soil; Keokuk is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Piedmont, Oklahoma?About 46% of Piedmont sits on high shrink-swell soil; Renfrow is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Ponca City, Oklahoma?About 37% of Ponca City sits on high shrink-swell soil; Milan is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Poteau, Oklahoma?About 18% of Poteau sits on high shrink-swell soil and 54% has a water table within 2 feet; Neff is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Pryor Creek, Oklahoma?About 64% of Pryor Creek sits on high shrink-swell soil and 84% has a water table within 2 feet; Taloka is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Purcell, Oklahoma?About 6% of Purcell sits on high shrink-swell soil; Grant is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Sallisaw, Oklahoma?About 37% of Sallisaw sits on high shrink-swell soil and 64% has a water table within 2 feet; Stigler is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Sand Springs, Oklahoma?Sand Springs has the least high shrink-swell soil of the Tulsa-area cities compared, about 19%, but more shallow rock, rock outcrop and wooded hillsides.
• What are foundation conditions like in Sapulpa, Oklahoma?Sapulpa mixes sandstone hills with shallow rock and rock outcrop, clay over shale, and creek floodplains; about 26% of the city rates high shrink-swell.
• What are foundation conditions like in Seminole, Oklahoma?About 29% of Seminole sits on high shrink-swell soil and 53% has a water table within 2 feet; Seminole is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Shawnee, Oklahoma?About 26% of Shawnee sits on high shrink-swell soil; Renfrow is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Skiatook, Oklahoma?About 42% of Skiatook sits on high shrink-swell soil and 71% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Stillwater, Oklahoma?About 33% of Stillwater sits on high shrink-swell soil, led by Renfrow clay from Permian shale; the city publishes an 18-inch frost depth for footings.
• What are foundation conditions like in Sulphur, Oklahoma?About 36% of Sulphur sits on high shrink-swell soil and 35% has bedrock within 40 inches; Rayford is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Tahlequah, Oklahoma?About 22% of Tahlequah sits on high shrink-swell soil; Clarksville is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Tecumseh, Oklahoma?About 22% of Tecumseh sits on high shrink-swell soil and 31% has bedrock within 40 inches; Chickasha is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in The Village, Oklahoma?About 46% of The Village sits on high shrink-swell soil; Renthin is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Tulsa, Oklahoma?About 29% of Tulsa sits on high shrink-swell soil and 36% on soil that drains poorly; Dennis clay is the most common soil, and creek corridors add soft ground.
• What are foundation conditions like in Tuttle, Oklahoma?About 2% of Tuttle sits on high shrink-swell soil; Minco is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Verdigris, Oklahoma?About 38% of Verdigris sits on high shrink-swell soil and 59% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Vinita, Oklahoma?About 46% of Vinita sits on high shrink-swell soil and 73% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Wagoner, Oklahoma?About 50% of Wagoner sits on high shrink-swell soil and 92% has a water table within 2 feet; Dennis is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Warr Acres, Oklahoma?About 28% of Warr Acres sits on high shrink-swell soil; Teller is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Weatherford, Oklahoma?About 0% of Weatherford sits on high shrink-swell soil; Pond Creek is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Woodward, Oklahoma?About 0% of Woodward sits on high shrink-swell soil and 40% has bedrock within 40 inches; Woodward is the most common soil. Measured from USDA soil maps.
• What are foundation conditions like in Yukon, Oklahoma?Half of Yukon sits on moderate shrink-swell soil and 16% on high; river floodplain and terrace soils such as Dale and Norge cover much of the city.
• Which Oklahoma cities have the most expansive soil?Hugo and Miami have the most high shrink-swell soil of 75 Oklahoma cities measured; Woodward and Elk City the least. From USDA soil maps.