Larue County's SSURGO septic rating

Very limited

Larue County, KY: USDA's soil survey calls 67.1% of the county "Very limited" for a septic leach field. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 67.1% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. For scale: 261.065 square miles and 15,128 people call Larue County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

Two lots a mile apart in Larue County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific perc test, running about $750-$1,850 (typically near $1,300).

Budgeting for a system in Larue County, KY

Larue County's soil reading pushes the likely outcome toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one. Conventional systems run $3,000-$8,000 where they pass; where they don't, engineered alternatives (mound or aerobic treatment, whichever the health department requires) run $10,000-$40,000 - budget toward the higher figure until a perc test says otherwise.

How Larue County, KY compares

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Larue County, KY ranks 2,561 most-constrained nationally, and 104 of 119 within Kentucky.

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