What Pershing County, NV's soil rates for a septic system

Very limited

Soil across 75.6% of Pershing County, NV rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 75.6% of Pershing County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. Pershing County covers 6,036.589 square miles and counts 6,536 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

Nothing about Pershing County, NV'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 Pershing County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Pershing 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.

Pershing County's rank among Nevada counties

Nationally, Pershing County, NV is the 2,252-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Nevada alone it ranks 14 of 16.

Before you act on this

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