Pleasants County, WV's soil, for a septic absorption field
Very limited
93.1% of Pleasants County, WV's surveyed soil comes back "Very limited" in USDA's own SSURGO data, the county's dominant condition for a septic absorption field. Expect the ground itself to work against a plain gravity system; USDA's strictest bucket alone covers 93.1% of the county. Pleasants County, WV is 130.119 square miles with a population of 7,358.
What Pleasants County's reading doesn't cover
Two lots a mile apart in Pleasants County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Pleasants County will actually do.
What a system would cost here
With 93.1% of Pleasants County rating "Very limited", a standard gravity system is not a safe assumption here. 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 Pleasants County, WV compares
Nationally, Pleasants County, WV is the 917-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within West Virginia alone it ranks 44 of 55.
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