Septic soil in Levy County, FL, by the numbers

Very limited

In Levy County, FL, 91.4% 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 91.4% of Levy County's land. Levy County covers 1,118.259 square miles and counts 47,765 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Levy County, FL at once, not any single address. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Levy County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Levy 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.

How Levy County, FL compares

Nationally, Levy County, FL is the 1,117-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Florida alone it ranks 17 of 65.

Before you act on this

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