Septic soil in Leon County, TX, by the numbers

Very limited

In Leon County, TX, 63% 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 63% of Leon County's land. Leon County, TX is 1,073.156 square miles with a population of 16,698.

What Leon County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Leon County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Leon County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 63% of Leon 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.

Leon County's rank among Texas counties

Nationally, Leon County, TX is the 2,659-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 213 of 253.

Before you act on this

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