Box Butte County, NE: the USDA septic-suitability picture

Somewhat limited

Box Butte County, NE's SSURGO dominant class comes back "Somewhat limited", covering 50.6% of the county. A conventional system can still work here with design changes - a larger field, added fill, or a shallower layout - but it isn't guaranteed. For scale: 1,075.233 square miles and 10,703 people call Box Butte County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

USDA's survey covers the whole of Box Butte County, NE at once, not any single address. 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 Box Butte County, NE

Box Butte 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.

Box Butte County's rank among Nebraska counties

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Box Butte County, NE ranks 2,952 most-constrained nationally, and 91 of 93 within Nebraska.

Before you act on this

How this rating is built, and its real limits · How a percolation test actually works