Bracken County, KY's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

In Bracken County, KY, 95.3% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 95.3% of Bracken County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. Bracken County covers 202.665 square miles and counts 8,497 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Bracken County, KY - never a reading for one specific parcel. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Bracken County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Bracken County's rating, plan for the engineered-system range rather than the conventional one. The engineered-system range, $10,000-$40,000 (mound or aerobic treatment), is the more realistic number to plan around, against $3,000-$8,000 for a conventional system on the rare lot that passes.

How Bracken County, KY compares

Nationally, Bracken County, KY is the 644-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Kentucky alone it ranks 27 of 119.

Before you act on this

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