Septic soil in Geary County, KS, by the numbers

Very limited

In Geary County, KS, 90.3% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. Expect the ground itself to work against a plain gravity system; USDA's strictest bucket alone covers 90.3% of the county. Geary County, KS is 384.652 square miles with a population of 35,459.

What Geary County's reading doesn't cover

Geary 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 Geary County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 90.3% of Geary 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.

Geary County's rank among Kansas counties

Nationally, Geary County, KS is the 1,233-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Kansas alone it ranks 49 of 105.

Before you act on this

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