Fulton County's SSURGO septic rating
Very limited
Fulton County, IN's SSURGO dominant class comes back "Very limited", covering 85.9% of the county. This is the reading that pushes a project toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one, and it covers 85.9% of Fulton County's land. For scale: 368.392 square miles and 20,004 people call Fulton County home.
Before you rely on this for one lot
Two lots a mile apart in Fulton County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. 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 Fulton County, IN
Fulton 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 Fulton County, IN compares
Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Fulton County, IN ranks 1,629 most-constrained nationally, and 72 of 90 within Indiana.
Related guides
How this rating is built, and its real limits · Conventional vs. engineered septic systems