What Vernon Parish, LA's soil rates for a septic system
Very limited
Soil across 84.3% of Vernon Parish, LA rates "Very limited" in USDA's septic-absorption-field interpretation. 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. Vernon Parish, LA is 1,326.728 square miles with a population of 45,819.
What Vernon Parish's reading doesn't cover
Two lots a mile apart in Vernon Parish can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide rating. A local percolation test, typically $750-$1,850 (around $1,300 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Vernon Parish will actually do.
What a system would cost here
With 84.3% of Vernon Parish 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.
Vernon Parish's rank among Louisiana counties
Nationally, Vernon Parish, LA is the 1,756-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Louisiana alone it ranks 38 of 61.
Further reading
How this rating is built, and its real limits · Conventional vs. engineered septic systems