Soils and wetlands screening note (free)
- Parcel and soil map units
- Septic absorption field rating
- Dwellings and basements rating
- Hydric soils
- Mapped wetlands
- Flood zone
Land buyers, home builders and septic designers
Where is the land you want soils for?
Free plain-language soils summary for your parcel: septic limits, building limits, hydric soils, mapped wetlands and flood zone. Not a perc test.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Soil map units
- Septic absorption rating
- Hydric soils
- Mapped wetlands
- Flood zone
How it works
Soils and wetlands screening note, from one answer
- Enter the address and how you'll use the land.
- ePlan pulls NRCS soil ratings, mapped wetlands and the flood zone for the parcel.
- Read the note free. Building with septic? Start a septic permit application.
What you get
Soils and wetlands screening note and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Septic permit door.
Septic permit application
- Site and lot plan
- Soil profile or perc test results
- System type and size
- Setbacks to wells and water
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Soil map units and septic ratingsUSDA NRCS Web Soil Survey (SSURGO)
- Mapped wetlandsUSFWS National Wetlands Inventory
- Flood zoneFEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (Map Service Center)
- SlopeUSGS 3D Elevation Program
95%+
of US counties have NRCS soil maps and data online in Web Soil Survey
Source: USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey
Ready for the paperwork?
Enter the property: ePlan pulls soils, slope and flood data, estimates the system type and drafts your county septic permit application. Free to read.
Questions
Soils and wetlands screening note: what people ask
Is the national wetland map the legal wetland line?
No. The Wetlands Mapper uses a biological definition of wetlands and makes no attempt to set the limits of any regulatory program. Before work that could affect wetlands, the Fish and Wildlife Service recommends contacting your local Army Corps regulatory office.
Where does the soil data come from?
From the USDA NRCS soil survey. Web Soil Survey has soil maps and data online for more than 95 percent of the nation's counties and is maintained as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.
What counts as a wetland under federal rules?
Areas inundated or saturated by surface or ground water often and long enough to support, and that normally do support, a prevalence of vegetation adapted to saturated soil. Swamps, marshes and bogs are typical examples.
The rules this door follows
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Soils and wetlands screening note: check it free
Answer it and ePlan opens the Septic permit door with your answer filled in.