What Churchill County, NV's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

84.7% of Churchill County, NV's surveyed soil comes back "Very limited" in USDA's own SSURGO data, the county's dominant condition for a septic absorption field. This is the reading that pushes a project toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one, and it covers 84.7% of Churchill County's land. Churchill County covers 4,950.157 square miles and counts 26,033 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

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

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Churchill 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.

Churchill County's rank among Nevada counties

Nationally, Churchill County, NV is the 1,723-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Nevada alone it ranks 10 of 16.

Related guides

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