Ward County, TX's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

In Ward County, TX, 58.1% of the surveyed land carries a "Very limited" rating for a standard septic drain field. That reading means a conventional system is a poor bet here - 58.1% of Ward County lands in the strictest "very limited" bucket USDA uses. Ward County, TX is 835.603 square miles with a population of 11,038.

What Ward County's reading doesn't cover

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Ward County, TX - 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 Ward County will actually do.

What a system would cost here

With 58.1% of Ward 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.

How Ward County, TX compares

Nationally, Ward County, TX is the 2,762-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 219 of 253.

Before you act on this

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