What Chittenden County, VT's soil rates for a septic system
Very limited
Soil across 78.2% of Chittenden County, VT rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 78.2% of Chittenden County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. Chittenden County, VT is 536.87 square miles with a population of 170,851.
What Chittenden County's reading doesn't cover
Nothing about Chittenden County, VT's SSURGO figure applies to a specific address - it's a county-wide average. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Chittenden County will actually do.
What a system would cost here
With 78.2% of Chittenden County rating "Very limited", a standard gravity system is not a safe assumption here. 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 Chittenden County, VT compares
Nationally, Chittenden County, VT is the 2,127-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Vermont alone it ranks 12 of 13.
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