Wayne County, KY's soil, for a septic absorption field

Very limited

In Wayne County, KY, 69.9% 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 69.9% of Wayne County's land. Wayne County covers 458.043 square miles and counts 19,629 residents.

This is a county figure, not a parcel figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Wayne County, KY at once, not any single address. A site-specific perc test, usually $750-$1,850, is what a health department will actually require before permitting a lot in Wayne County.

System cost, conventional vs. engineered

Given Wayne County's rating, plan for the engineered-system range rather than the conventional one. 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 Wayne County, KY compares

Nationally, Wayne County, KY is the 2,465-most-constrained of 3,058 rated counties for septic soil. Within Kentucky alone it ranks 101 of 119.

Further reading

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