Virginia Beach city's SSURGO septic rating
Very limited
Virginia Beach city, VA's SSURGO dominant class comes back "Very limited", covering 69% of the county. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 69% of Virginia Beach city lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. For scale: 244.72 square miles and 454,808 people call Virginia Beach city home.
Before you rely on this for one lot
This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Virginia Beach city, VA - never a reading for one specific parcel. 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 Virginia Beach city, VA
Virginia Beach city'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.
Where this sits nationally
Among the 3,058 rated counties on this site, Virginia Beach city, VA ranks 2,493 most-constrained nationally, and 72 of 110 within Virginia.
Related guides
How this rating is built, and its real limits · Conventional vs. engineered septic systems