Septic companies in Colorado Springs, CO

What the ground in Colorado Springs is like

The USDA soil survey rates mapped ground in Colorado Springs for septic drain-field suitability across roughly 202 square miles. About 76% 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 Colorado Springs, the leading limit is filtering capacity: the soil does not clean effluent thoroughly enough on its way through. A drain field is a treatment system as well as a disposal path; when the ground cannot filter well, pathogens and nutrients travel farther than the survey allows. The survey flags that limit on about 43% of the rated ground here.

The limiting features the survey records most often here:

• Filtering capacity43.2%
• Seepage, bottom layer39.4%
• Slope31.4%
• Slow water movement28.4%

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 · 76.3% Very limited · Filtering capacity · 101 map units · 202.23 sq mi · read 2026-08-30