Marion County, MO's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

93% of Marion County, MO's surveyed soil comes back "Very limited" in USDA's own SSURGO data, the county's dominant condition for a septic absorption field. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 93% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. Marion County, MO is 436.931 square miles with a population of 28,425.

What Marion County's reading doesn't cover

USDA's survey covers the whole of Marion County, MO 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 Marion County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 93% of Marion 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.

Marion County's rank among Missouri counties

Nationally, Marion County, MO is the 929-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Missouri alone it ranks 62 of 114.

Before you act on this

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