Scott County's SSURGO septic rating

Very limited

USDA puts Scott County, KS at "Very limited" for septic absorption fields, the dominant reading across 74.9% of the county's soil. A standard gravity system routinely fails on ground like this; the same share of the county falls in USDA's worst absorption-field bucket outright. For scale: 717.585 square miles and 4,914 people call Scott County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

USDA's survey covers the whole of Scott County, KS at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific perc test, running about $750-$1,850 (typically near $1,300).

Budgeting for a system in Scott County, KS

Scott County's soil reading pushes the likely outcome toward an engineered system rather than a conventional one. Conventional systems run $3,000-$8,000 where they pass; where they don't, engineered alternatives (mound or aerobic treatment, whichever the health department requires) run $10,000-$40,000 - budget toward the higher figure until a perc test says otherwise.

Scott County's rank among Kansas counties

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Scott County, KS ranks 2,289 most-constrained nationally, and 69 of 105 within Kansas.

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