Sutter County's SSURGO septic rating

Very limited

Sutter County, CA: USDA's soil survey calls 93.2% of the county "Very limited" for a septic leach field. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 93.2% of Sutter County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. For scale: 602.696 square miles and 98,545 people call Sutter County home.

Before you rely on this for one lot

Nothing about Sutter County, CA's SSURGO figure applies to a specific address - it's a county-wide average. 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 Sutter County, CA

Sutter 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.

Sutter County's rank among California counties

Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Sutter County, CA ranks 898 most-constrained nationally, and 17 of 57 within California.

Before you act on this

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