What Clinton County, NY's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

In Clinton County, NY, 89.9% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. This is the reading that pushes a project toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one, and it covers 89.9% of Clinton County's land. Clinton County, NY is 1,037.751 square miles with a population of 77,871.

What Clinton County's reading doesn't cover

Clinton County's rating is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Clinton County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 89.9% of Clinton 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 Clinton County, NY compares

Nationally, Clinton County, NY is the 1,272-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within New York alone it ranks 33 of 61.

Before you act on this

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