Septic soil in Crawford County, GA, by the numbers

Very limited

Soil across 49.4% of Crawford County, GA rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 49.4% of Crawford County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. Crawford County covers 324.914 square miles and counts 12,349 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

Nothing about Crawford County, GA's SSURGO figure applies to a specific address - it's a county-wide average. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Crawford County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Crawford 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 Crawford County, GA compares

Nationally, Crawford County, GA is the 2,891-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 107 of 159.

Before you act on this

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