Stafford County's SSURGO septic rating

Very limited

Stafford County, KS: USDA's soil survey calls 98.8% of the county "Very limited" for a septic leach field. Expect the ground itself to work against a plain gravity system; USDA's strictest bucket alone covers 98.8% of the county. For scale: 792.046 square miles and 3,901 people call Stafford County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

Two lots a mile apart in Stafford County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. 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 Stafford County, KS

Stafford 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.

How Stafford County, KS compares

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Stafford County, KS ranks 126 most-constrained nationally, and 12 of 105 within Kansas.

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