Septic soil in Van Buren County, TN, by the numbers
Very limited
In Van Buren County, TN, 63.2% 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 63.2% of Van Buren County's land. Van Buren County, TN is 273.415 square miles with a population of 6,686.
What Van Buren County's reading doesn't cover
This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Van Buren County, TN - 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 Van Buren County will actually do.
What a system would cost here
With 63.2% of Van Buren 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.
Van Buren County's rank among Tennessee counties
Nationally, Van Buren County, TN is the 2,654-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Tennessee alone it ranks 88 of 95.
Related guides
How this rating is built, and its real limits · Conventional vs. engineered septic systems