Bosque County, TX: the USDA septic-suitability picture

Very limited

Bosque County, TX's SSURGO dominant class comes back "Very limited", covering 84.9% of the county. A standard gravity system routinely fails on ground like this; the same share of the county falls in USDA's worst absorption-field bucket outright. The county spans 982.976 square miles, home to 19,013 people.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

Nothing about Bosque County, TX's SSURGO figure applies to a specific address - it's a county-wide average. Budget $750-$1,850 for a real perc test on any specific parcel - that's the only figure a permit application accepts.

Bosque County: conventional vs. engineered cost

84.9% of Bosque County carrying a "Very limited" reading changes the realistic budget here. 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.

How Bosque County, TX compares

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Bosque County, TX ranks 1,699 most-constrained nationally, and 124 of 253 within Texas.

Further reading

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