Craighead County, AR: the USDA septic-suitability picture

Very limited

USDA puts Craighead County, AR at "Very limited" for septic absorption fields, the dominant reading across 98.8% of the county's soil. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 98.8% of Craighead County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. For scale: 707.167 square miles and 115,852 people call Craighead County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

USDA's survey covers the whole of Craighead County, AR at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific perc test, running about $750-$1,850 (typically near $1,300).

Budgeting for a system in Craighead County, AR

Craighead County's soil reading pushes the likely outcome toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one. Conventional systems run $3,000-$8,000 where they pass; where they don't, engineered alternatives (mound or aerobic treatment, whichever the health department requires) run $10,000-$40,000 - budget toward the higher figure until a perc test says otherwise.

Craighead County's rank among Arkansas counties

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Craighead County, AR ranks 114 most-constrained nationally, and 3 of 75 within Arkansas.

Further reading

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