Lincoln County, NE's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

In Lincoln County, NE, 88.2% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 88.2% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. Lincoln County covers 2,564.155 square miles and counts 33,319 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Lincoln County, NE - never a reading for one specific parcel. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Lincoln County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, NE compares

Nationally, Lincoln County, NE is the 1,446-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Nebraska alone it ranks 32 of 93.

Before you act on this

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