Beginner Gardening: Dirt or mulch on top a man-hole cover, 1 by outsider0409

outsider0409 wrote:
If I were to place dirt, mulch or otherwise on top a sewer access cover, is the worst possible scenario needing to destroy my landscaping to allow access?

I'm actually planning on a dirt path over it, this would be compacted dirt a few inches deep, no root structures or anything. So I'm thinking worst comes to worst the city tells me to uncover it, or really I guess worst case scenario might be needing to wade through muck to dig it up.