What Lane County, KS's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

In Lane County, KS, 70.5% 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 70.5% of the county. Lane County covers 717.409 square miles and counts 1,482 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

Nothing about Lane County, KS's SSURGO figure applies to a specific address - it's a county-wide average. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Lane County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Lane County's rating, plan for the engineered-system range rather than the conventional one. 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.

Lane County's rank among Kansas counties

Nationally, Lane County, KS is the 2,445-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Kansas alone it ranks 77 of 105.

Before you act on this

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