Septic suitability in Augusta County, VA

Very limited

Augusta County, VA's SSURGO dominant class comes back "Very limited", covering 76.8% of the county. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 76.8% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. For scale: 967.074 square miles and 78,622 people call Augusta County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

Two lots a mile apart in Augusta County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific perc test, running about $750-$1,850 (typically near $1,300).

Budgeting for a system in Augusta County, VA

Augusta County's soil reading pushes the likely outcome toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one. Conventional systems run $3,000-$8,000 where they pass; where they don't, engineered alternatives (mound or aerobic treatment, whichever the health department requires) run $10,000-$40,000 - budget toward the higher figure until a perc test says otherwise.

Augusta County's rank among Virginia counties

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Augusta County, VA ranks 2,188 most-constrained nationally, and 50 of 110 within Virginia.

Further reading

How this rating is built, and its real limits · Conventional vs. engineered septic systems