What Nez Perce County, ID's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

In Nez Perce County, ID, 89.9% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 89.9% of Nez Perce County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. Nez Perce County covers 848.32 square miles and counts 42,847 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Nez Perce County, ID - never a reading for one specific parcel. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Nez Perce County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce County, ID compares

Nationally, Nez Perce County, ID is the 1,274-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Idaho alone it ranks 17 of 44.

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