What Jerauld County, SD's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

In Jerauld County, SD, 92.4% 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 92.4% of Jerauld County's land. Jerauld County, SD is 526.133 square miles with a population of 1,689.

What Jerauld County's reading doesn't cover

USDA's survey covers the whole of Jerauld County, SD 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 Jerauld County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 92.4% of Jerauld 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.

Jerauld County's rank among South Dakota counties

Nationally, Jerauld County, SD is the 995-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within South Dakota alone it ranks 18 of 66.

Before you act on this

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