Elko County's SSURGO septic rating

Very limited

Elko County, NV: USDA's soil survey calls 91.4% of the county "Very limited" for a septic leach field. This is the reading that pushes a project toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one, and it covers 91.4% of Elko County's land. For scale: 17,173.302 square miles and 54,363 people call Elko County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

USDA's survey covers the whole of Elko County, NV 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 Elko County, NV

Elko 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.

How Elko County, NV compares

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Elko County, NV ranks 1,116 most-constrained nationally, and 1 of 16 within Nevada.

Before you act on this

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