Septic soil in Licking County, OH, by the numbers

Very limited

Soil across 94.4% of Licking County, OH rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. A standard gravity system routinely fails on ground like this; the same share of the county falls in USDA's worst absorption-field bucket outright. Licking County, OH is 682.43 square miles with a population of 184,898.

What Licking County's reading doesn't cover

USDA's survey covers the whole of Licking County, OH at once, not any single address. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Licking County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 94.4% of Licking 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.

Licking County's rank among Ohio counties

Nationally, Licking County, OH is the 720-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 60 of 87.

Before you act on this

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