Queens County, NY's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

In Queens County, NY, 75.4% 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 75.4% of Queens County's land. Queens County, NY is 108.724 square miles with a population of 2,316,841.

What Queens County's reading doesn't cover

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Queens County, NY - never a reading for one specific parcel. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Queens County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 75.4% of Queens 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 Queens County, NY compares

Nationally, Queens County, NY is the 2,255-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within New York alone it ranks 52 of 61.

Before you act on this

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