Septic soil in Iron County, MO, by the numbers
Very limited
Soil across 96.8% of Iron County, MO rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 96.8% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. Iron County, MO is 550.267 square miles with a population of 9,420.
What Iron County's reading doesn't cover
USDA's survey covers the whole of Iron County, MO at once, not any single address. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Iron County will actually do.
What a system would cost here
With 96.8% of Iron 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.
How Iron County, MO compares
Nationally, Iron County, MO is the 406-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Missouri alone it ranks 37 of 114.
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