Can I build a home on Jackland? (Waste Disposal/Septic)

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I want to buy 10 acres in Fauquier County, Virginia, and build a home. I've got the GIS soil map and see that the property is mostly on SOIL TYPE 67B - Jackland and Haymarket silt loams.

It is very dep, moderately well drained yellowish brown to olive brown claypan soils. There is a high water table, and the land needs moderate maintenance to prevent erosion. It has a very high shrink-swell potential.

I would LOVE to build a log home on this property and put in a well and septic field.

However, the Use Potential says SECONDARY CROPLAND. This is obviously a guide for farmers, and I'm not getting a warm and fuzzy on the wisdom of purchase for building a home.

I see that there are a few neighbors within several hundred yards and a church across the road. The GIS map says they are also in the same type of soil.

Any knowledge here that can be imparted upon me?

Can I build here safely? Will my septic field be a black marsh? Will my land wash away if I cut down some trees for horse pasture? Is my well going to be a disaster?

-- Dan Teague (dante@schwag.org), September 06, 2001

Answers

Response to Can I build a home on Jackland?

not really on the topic, but I'm from Loudoun county. Beautiful country.

-- Elizabeth (eball2@wvu.edu), September 06, 2001.

Response to Can I build a home on Jackland?

I think you'll get your definitive answer from that county's Building and Zoning department since they're the ones who'll have to issue the building permit (presuming that county even has them).

={(Oak)-

-- Live Oak (oneliveoak@yahoo.com), September 06, 2001.


Response to Can I build a home on Jackland?

I'd look in the yellow pages for "Soil Engineers" or "Structural Engineers" and start there. I hope this helps.

-- Gary in Indiana (gk6854@aol.com), September 06, 2001.

HOT TIP...

Ask the neighbors.

-- Ed Copp (OH) (edcopp@yahoo.com), September 06, 2001.


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