Septic companies in Morgantown, WV

What the ground in Morgantown is like

The USDA soil survey rates mapped ground in Morgantown for septic drain-field suitability across roughly 10 square miles. About 98% of the rated ground is classed "Very limited", meaning the soil has one or more features unfavorable for a conventional drain field, and the limits generally cannot be overcome without major soil reclamation, special design or expensive installation.

In Morgantown, the leading limit is slope: the ground falls steeply enough that a level trench line is hard to hold. A drain field has to sit across the grade without concentrating flow downhill; on steeper parcels that layout gets tighter. The survey flags that limit on about 91% of the rated ground here.

The limiting features the survey records most often here:

• Slope91.1%
• Depth to bedrock50.8%
• Seepage, bottom layer49.7%
• Depth to saturated zone45.6%

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 · 97.9% Very limited · Slope · 53 map units · 10.18 sq mi · read 2026-08-30