Morris County, TX's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

In Morris County, TX, 91.7% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. Practically, that rules out a simple gravity system for most of the county - 91.7% of it sits in USDA's most-constrained bucket. Morris County covers 251.989 square miles and counts 12,184 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

Nothing about Morris County, TX's SSURGO figure applies to a specific address - it's a county-wide average. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Morris County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Morris 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.

Morris County's rank among Texas counties

Nationally, Morris County, TX is the 1,083-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 75 of 253.

Related guides

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