What Montague County, TX's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

In Montague County, TX, 82.2% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. Expect the ground itself to work against a plain gravity system; USDA's strictest bucket alone covers 82.2% of the county. Montague County covers 930.906 square miles and counts 21,890 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Montague County, TX at once, not any single address. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Montague County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Montague 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.

Montague County's rank among Texas counties

Nationally, Montague County, TX is the 1,918-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 141 of 253.

Further reading

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