giametti, welcome! Do you live in a city or county, which ever it is you can go to their website or into their offices and ask to see what your property was from the time
it was built and any improvements. GIS information should be on their sites. They
should be able to help with the soil type also. It just depends if they have permits for the said walkway or not. A site plan should be on file of your property. Hope this will help.