Septic soil in Miami County, IN, by the numbers
Very limited
Soil across 95.1% of Miami County, IN rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 95.1% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. Miami County, IN is 373.842 square miles with a population of 35,613.
What Miami County's reading doesn't cover
This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Miami County, IN - never a reading for one specific parcel. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Miami County will actually do.
What a system would cost here
With 95.1% of Miami 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.
Miami County's rank among Indiana counties
Nationally, Miami County, IN is the 663-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Indiana alone it ranks 40 of 90.
Related guides
How this rating is built, and its real limits · Conventional vs. engineered septic systems