Boone's Clay Soil and Agricultural Character
Boone sits at the edge of Pueblo County's agricultural plains, the broad, flat terrain southeast of the city where the Arkansas River drainage has deposited clay-heavy soils across centuries of flood and alluvial activity. The bentonite clay concentrations in the Boone area are among the highest in Pueblo County, making this one of the regions where clay soil movement has the most pronounced effect on residential and agricultural structures.
For Boone property owners, the clay soil factor is not theoretical. Homes built on Boone's clay-bearing soils experience the full expansion-contraction cycle described for East Side Pueblo properties, but often more severely, because the clay concentrations are higher and the structures are not connected to the urban drainage and compaction mitigation infrastructure that city properties benefit from. A concrete slab on raw bentonite clay in Boone can move measurably between the wet and dry seasons.
Buried supply lines in Boone properties are subject to both the internal corrosion factors common throughout Pueblo County and the external movement stress from active clay soils beneath and around them. A supply line joint in Boone's clay that shifts one centimeter between wet and dry seasons accumulates cumulative stress at the joint interface over years of cycling, producing failures earlier than the same joint would in stable soil conditions.
Boone properties commonly use Pueblo County rural water districts or private wells rather than Pueblo Board of Water Works service. Rural water district connections often use older galvanized or polyethylene main lines with service tap connections that may not have been assessed since original installation. We work with all supply configurations, municipal, rural district, and private well, throughout the Boone area. Call (303) 552-3896 for leak detection in Boone and throughout Pueblo County.