Septic soil in Morrill County, NE, by the numbers

Very limited

Soil across 68.8% of Morrill County, NE rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. This is the reading that pushes a project toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one, and it covers 68.8% of Morrill County's land. Morrill County covers 1,423.706 square miles and counts 4,485 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

Two lots a mile apart in Morrill County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Morrill County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Morrill 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 Morrill County, NE compares

Nationally, Morrill County, NE is the 2,507-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Nebraska alone it ranks 64 of 93.

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