McLeod County, MN: the USDA septic-suitability picture

Very limited

McLeod County, MN's SSURGO dominant class comes back "Very limited", covering 90.5% of the county. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 90.5% of McLeod County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. For scale: 491.51 square miles and 36,780 people call McLeod County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in McLeod County, MN - never a reading for one specific parcel. 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 McLeod County, MN

McLeod 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.

How McLeod County, MN compares

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, McLeod County, MN ranks 1,211 most-constrained nationally, and 42 of 86 within Minnesota.

Before you act on this

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