Septic companies in Orem, UT

What the ground in Orem is like

The USDA soil survey rates mapped ground in Orem for septic drain-field suitability across roughly 19 square miles. About 98% of the rated ground is classed "Very limited", the survey records severe restrictions for a conventional drain field across most of that ground.

In Orem, the leading limit is seepage in the bottom layer: water moves through the soil too quickly. That is the opposite of a slow-drainage problem. The risk is untreated effluent reaching groundwater before the soil can clean it, not backup at the surface. The survey flags that limit on about 75% of the rated ground here.

The limiting features the survey records most often here:

• Seepage, bottom layer75.2%
• Slow water movement30.8%
• Depth to saturated zone19.2%
• Filtering capacity13.6%

This is survey data for mapped areas, not a substitute for a site evaluation on your own lot. Conditions on a single parcel can differ from the map.

USDA NRCS SSURGO, ENG Septic Tank Absorption Fields · 98.1% Very limited · Seepage, bottom layer · 55 map units · 18.61 sq mi · read 2026-08-30