Septic soil in Pike County, OH, by the numbers

Very limited

In Pike County, OH, 97.2% 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 97.2% of Pike County's land. Pike County covers 440.282 square miles and counts 27,065 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

Pike County's rating is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Pike County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Pike 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Pike County, OH is the 354-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 37 of 87.

Related guides

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