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Coverage

Ten areas, three kinds of ground.

Coverage runs across Leon County and into the neighbouring Gadsden and Wakulla County communities inside the Tallahassee metro. What makes this market unusual is that the ground changes underneath it. Pick your area and read what is under it.

Cross-section of Leon County from the Red Hills in the north to the Woodville Karst Plain in the south The land steps down from the deep clay soils of the Red Hills, across the Cody Scarp, to the Woodville Karst Plain where thin sand sits over limestone. Foundations north of the scarp move with soil moisture; foundations south of it settle where water erodes sand into voids. Red Hills Deep sandy clay. Moves with moisture. Cody Scarp Crest 125 to 190 ft Toe 40 to 50 ft Woodville Karst Plain Thin sand over limestone. Erodes into voids. Clay-bearing soil Sandy soil Suwannee limestone NORTH SOUTH sink
Leon County spans three geologic provinces, and the Cody Scarp is the line between them. North of it the Red Hills carry deep clay-bearing soil that changes volume with moisture. South of it the Woodville Karst Plain puts thin sand over Suwannee limestone, where the failure mode is erosion rather than swelling. Vertical scale exaggerated; the scarp itself ranges from under a mile to about ten miles wide.

Tallahassee

The primary market. A city that straddles the Cody Scarp, with clay-hill neighbourhoods to the north and sand-over-limestone ground to the south.

Bradfordville

Leon County community north of Tallahassee, squarely in Red Hills clay country. Slab-on-grade subdivisions on rolling terrain.

Woodville

Leon County community south of Tallahassee that gives its name to the Woodville Karst Plain. Thin sand over limestone.

Chaires

Rural Leon County community east of Tallahassee with a National Register historic district and a mix of period and modern housing.

Fort Braden

Leon County community on the western edge of the county, near the Ochlockonee River and the Apalachicola National Forest.

Miccosukee

Rural northeastern Leon County community in the Red Hills, near the Georgia line and Lake Miccosukee.

Crawfordville

Wakulla County seat, inside the Tallahassee metro area, sitting in the heart of the Woodville Karst Plain.

Quincy

Gadsden County seat and largest city, in the Tallahassee metro area, with a substantial stock of historic raised-foundation housing.

Havana

Gadsden County town north of Tallahassee in the Red Hills, with a historic centre and clay-soil residential ground.

Midway

Gadsden County city between Tallahassee and Quincy, in the Tallahassee metro area, with a growing base of newer slab housing.

Somewhere else in the Big Bend? Coverage extends across Leon County and the adjoining parts of Gadsden, Wakulla, and Jefferson counties. Describe the property and we will tell you.

Find out what is moving under your house

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