Septic soil in Kent County, TX, by the numbers
Very limited
In Kent County, TX, 84.4% 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 84.4% of Kent County's land. Kent County, TX is 902.507 square miles with a population of 703.
What Kent County's reading doesn't cover
Nothing about Kent County, TX'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 Kent County will actually do.
What a system would cost here
With 84.4% of Kent 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 Kent County, TX compares
Nationally, Kent County, TX is the 1,749-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 129 of 253.
Related guides
How this rating is built, and its real limits · Conventional vs. engineered septic systems