Septic soil in Neshoba County, MS, by the numbers

Very limited

In Neshoba County, MS, 93.3% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. This is the reading that pushes a project toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one, and it covers 93.3% of Neshoba County's land. Neshoba County covers 570.134 square miles and counts 28,973 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Neshoba County, MS 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 Neshoba County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Neshoba 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 Neshoba County, MS compares

Nationally, Neshoba County, MS is the 887-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Mississippi alone it ranks 35 of 82.

Before you act on this

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