Lincoln County's SSURGO septic rating

Very limited

USDA puts Lincoln County, KS at "Very limited" for septic absorption fields, the dominant reading across 76.9% of the county's soil. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 76.9% of Lincoln County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. For scale: 719.4 square miles and 2,928 people call Lincoln County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

Lincoln County's rating is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Lincoln County, KS

Lincoln 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Lincoln County, KS ranks 2,185 most-constrained nationally, and 66 of 105 within Kansas.

Before you act on this

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