Cherokee County, GA's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

In Cherokee County, GA, 84.7% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 84.7% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. Cherokee County covers 420.956 square miles and counts 293,513 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Cherokee County, GA - 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 Cherokee County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Cherokee 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 Cherokee County, GA compares

Nationally, Cherokee County, GA is the 1,715-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 46 of 159.

Related guides

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