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Muskingum County

Septic services in Philo, Ohio

Operators based within 12 miles of Philo

Listed by where the business is, not by who it says it serves. Every operator here was on the ODH 2026 sewage treatment system bond lists on the date its record shows, and the address it is placed by comes from that same list, so this is a checkable claim rather than a service-area promise. An Ohio bond covers work in any health district in the state, though each district registers its contractors separately, so operators further out can work here too; these are simply the ones closest to you.

A&J Services

On the state bond list for 2026

Septic Tank Pumping · Septic System Repair · Septic Installation

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none

Ask Services LLC

On the state bond list for 2026

Septic Tank Pumping · Septic System Repair · Septic Installation

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none

Zakery Albert Parmer

On the state bond list for 2026

Septic System Repair · Septic Installation

Phone
not on file
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none

Zemba Bros., Inc.

On the state bond list for 2026

Septic Tank Pumping · Septic System Repair · Septic Installation

Website
none

Soil and septic suitability around Philo

The USDA has already rated this ground for exactly one use: a septic tank absorption field. Within 4 miles of Philo — 32,040 acres across 91 soil map units — it rates 79.6% of the land very limited for that use and 3.2% somewhat limited, and almost none with no limitation at all.

What the limitation actually is

A rating on its own tells you nothing you can act on. The reasons do, and around Philo the leading one is slope on 56.3% of the mapped area, followed by depth to saturated zone on 38.4%. In full:

Limiting featureShare of areaWhat it means on site
Slope56.3%The ground is too steep for a conventional field
Depth to saturated zone38.4%A seasonal water table sits too close to the surface
Slow water movement36.9%Water moves through the soil too slowly for a drain field to keep up
Depth to bedrock36.4%Bedrock is too shallow to fit a trench above it
Seepage, bottom layer18.4%The layer beneath the trench is porous enough that effluent could reach groundwater without being filtered

Shares overlap: most soils here are limited for more than one reason at once, so these do not sum to 82.8%.

The soils themselves

The named soils and land types that make up most of the ground around Philo. Westmoreland alone accounts for 17.6% of it.

Soil or land typeShareDrainageSlopeDepth to bedrockSeptic rating
Westmoreland17.6% Well drained 2 to 70% 44 in Very limited
Berks12.2% Well drained 3 to 70% 22 in Very limited
Guernsey10.9% Moderately well drained 6 to 40% 55 in Very limited
Zanesville7.2% Moderately well drained 3 to 15% 54 in Very limited
Coshocton4.5% Moderately well drained 3 to 40% 48 in Very limited

“None in profile” means SSURGO records no bedrock or other restrictive layer within the depth it describes, not that none exists.

Area of interest: a 4-mile radius around the USGS Geographic Names centre point for Philo (GNIS 2399665, 39.8613, -81.9088), chosen because five of this state's communities are unincorporated and have no boundary to use, and because the lots that need a septic permit are in the ring around a town rather than inside it. Soil from USDA-NRCS Soil Data Access, SSURGO interpretation “ENG - Septic Tank Absorption Fields”, area-weighted by mapped acreage and by each component's share of its map unit. Survey areas: Muskingum County, Ohio (2025-09-02). Retrieved 2026-09-18.

This is a survey, not an evaluation of your lot. The permit decision rests on the site evaluation ODH carries out for the specific parcel.

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Permitting in Muskingum County

In Muskingum County a septic (sewage treatment system) permit is issued by the local board of health, not by the state. The Ohio Department of Health writes the rules; the health district applies them and registers the contractors who work in it. See the Muskingum County detail →