What Jefferson Davis County, MS's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

In Jefferson Davis County, MS, 75.9% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. This is the reading that pushes a project toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one, and it covers 75.9% of Jefferson Davis County's land. Jefferson Davis County, MS is 408.446 square miles with a population of 11,059.

What Jefferson Davis County's reading doesn't cover

Nothing about Jefferson Davis County, MS's SSURGO figure applies to a specific address - it's a county-wide average. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Jefferson Davis County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 75.9% of Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis County, MS compares

Nationally, Jefferson Davis County, MS is the 2,242-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Mississippi alone it ranks 75 of 82.

Before you act on this

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