Bossier City, LA
Bossier Parish. Home to Barksdale Air Force Base. In March 2016 about 3,500 Bossier City homes were evacuated (not flooded) as Red Chute Bayou crested at about 25.25 ft, according to AP reports.
Foundation repair in Bossier City, LAFoundation Repair Service Areas Around Shreveport, LA
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Shreveport is the center of the area Shreveport Foundation Services covers and the parish seat of Caddo Parish. Its housing is older than much of the region: the median home was built in 1973, and about 65% were built before 1980 (Census ACS 2020–2024). Early-20th-century districts such as Highland (c.1890–1933), Fairfield (1900–1936) and South Highlands (1912–1949) hold many older homes, and many of those sit on piers over a crawl space, while newer streets are mostly slab-on-grade.
About 43% of Caddo Parish is mapped in clay soils with high to very high shrink-swell potential (USDA NRCS soil data), including Red River clays like Moreland and Buxin and upland soils like Eastwood and Keithville. Conditions vary block by block, so check your own lot on Web Soil Survey. Caddo also spent weeks in extreme (D3) drought in 2022 and 2023, peaking with 88.9% of the parish in D3 on September 19, 2023 (U.S. Drought Monitor). Wet and dry swings like that can contribute to foundation movement.
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Nearby towns
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Benton, LA
Bossier Parish seat. A small town with fairly new housing: about 26% of homes were built in 2000 or later (Census ACS). Permits in Benton are generally handled by Code Inspections Plus, the parish building official; confirm with the town.
Foundation repair in Benton, LAHaughton, LA
Bossier Parish. Haughton grew from 3,453 people in 2010 to an estimated 4,828 in 2025. About 45% of its homes were built in 2000 or later.
Foundation repair in Haughton, LAGreenwood, LA
Caddo Parish. West of Shreveport near the Texas line, and, unlike the rest of Caddo Parish, reportedly issues its own building permits. About 87% of homes are owner-occupied.
Foundation repair in Greenwood, LABlanchard, LA
Caddo Parish. North of Shreveport toward Caddo Lake. The town grew from 1,203 people in 1990 to an estimated 3,360 in 2025, and about 42% of homes were built in 2000 or later.
Foundation repair in Blanchard, LAKeithville, LA
Caddo Parish, unincorporated. South of Shreveport on US 171. The Keithville soil series, a clayey upland soil mapped across south Caddo, is named for the area.
Foundation repair in Keithville, LAMinden, LA
Webster Parish seat. The oldest housing in the area: the median home was built in 1968, and about 78% were built before 1980 (Census ACS).
Foundation repair in Minden, LAStonewall, LA
North De Soto Parish. A growing town on US 171 south of Shreveport. On September 5, 2023, all of De Soto Parish was in D3 extreme drought (U.S. Drought Monitor).
Foundation repair in Stonewall, LAA note on parishes, licenses and permits
The area spans four parishes: Caddo, Bossier, Webster and De Soto. Soils differ between them. About 55% of Bossier Parish and about 63% of De Soto Parish are mapped in high to very high shrink-swell clay, while Webster Parish, around Minden, is lower at about 31%, with more low shrink-swell soils such as Darley (USDA NRCS). Treat these as parish-wide map figures, not a reading of any one lot.
Permit offices change at each city line. Structural repairs generally need a permit from your city or parish; your contractor should pull it. The City of Shreveport's Permits and Inspections office handles Shreveport and all of Caddo Parish except Greenwood, including Keithville. Bossier City has its own Permits and Inspections office. Unincorporated Bossier Parish uses Code Inspections Plus, and Benton generally does too. Haughton and Minden have their own town or city offices, and Stonewall reportedly has a town office; confirm with the town.
Louisiana license and permit check. Louisiana's contractor board (LSLBC) changed its thresholds on August 1, 2024. Home improvement registration now covers most projects of $7,500 to under $50,000, but structural work such as foundations, footings and floor slabs is excluded from "home improvement", so foundation repair over $7,500 generally calls for an LSLBC-licensed contractor. Look the company up at lslbc.louisiana.gov and ask for the license number, proof of liability insurance and the permit. If a job falls near a line, confirm with the LSLBC.
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