Septic records

Septic records in Kansas

Where onsite wastewater records are kept in each Kansas county, whether you can search them yourself, and what we hold.

105
counties
105
with a records portal
35
septic companies listed
344
records held

Septic companies in Kansas

35 septic and onsite wastewater businesses on record across 9 Kansas counties: pumping, installation, system design, soil evaluation, inspection and repair. Listing is not an endorsement and we take no fee from any of them.

CountyCompaniesExamples
Sedgwick172m Construction Services, Brown Harold E Septic Tnks, Brown's Plumbing Services
Shawnee9A-1 Septic Tank Cleaning, Day's Septic Cleaning, Dick Cook Septic Systems
Cowley2Affordable Septic Tank Service, Ark Valley Utility Solitions
Douglas2Avantel Plumbing, Uncle Huck Rooter & Septic
Butler1Sunflower Services
Franklin1Simms Solutions
Jackson1Honey Do's
Jefferson1Rooter-Man
Wabaunsee1D & S Sanitation

Septic installation and permitting in Kansas

The sequence is broadly the same across the state, and every step generates a record:

  1. Site and soil evaluation. A designer or licensed evaluator digs test pits or runs a percolation test, logs the soil profile, the depth to seasonal water table and any restrictive layer, and the slope. This determines whether the lot can take a conventional system at all.
  2. Design. Daily design flow comes from bedroom count under state code. That sets tank capacity, and the soil application rate sets drainfield area. The designer picks the dispersal method and lays out setbacks to wells, property lines, surface water and the reserve area.
  3. Permit application. Submitted to the county or district health authority with the design and soil work. This is the document most often held in the county file.
  4. Installation and open inspection. The installer builds the system and it is inspected while still open, before backfill.
  5. As-built and approval. The final drawing showing what was actually built goes into the record. That drawing is what a future owner, pumper or inspector needs.

Repairs and replacements

A failing system follows the same path, but starts from the recorded as-built: the existing tank, field footprint and reserve area constrain what can be built. Which is why pulling the original record is the cheapest first step in any repair.

Buying or selling

Lenders and, in many counties, point-of-transfer rules require an inspection. Inspectors work from the recorded as-built; without it they are probing blind and the inspection costs more and proves less.

How Kansas counties publish records

SystemCounties
portal found, system not yet identified96
no online records system6
Tyler EnerGov Self Service1
a county-built portal1
ArcGIS1
Free septic design, any parcel in Kansas. Design flow, tank sizing, drainfield area, dispersal method and setbacks, generated from the parcel. Free to generate and view. Start a design

Counties

CountyRecords heldOn septicPortal
Atchison74—yes
Cherokee51—yes
Johnson33—yes
Labette19—yes
Chase15—yes
Kearny14—yes
Clark13—yes
Miami11—yes
Cowley10—yes
Douglas10—yes
Phillips10—yes
Jefferson8—yes
Grant7—yes
Shawnee7—yes
Anderson6—yes
Coffey6—yes
Marshall6—yes
Brown5—yes
Barton4—yes
Butler4—yes
Ness4—yes
Russell4—yes
Allen3—yes
Riley3—yes
Dickinson2—yes
Rooks2—yes
Stevens2—yes
Cheyenne1—yes
Clay1—yes
Crawford1—yes
Ellis1—yes
Ford1—yes
Geary1—yes
Gove1—yes
Leavenworth1—yes
Neosho1—yes
Pottawatomie1—yes
Rush1—yes
Barber——yes
Bourbon——yes
Chautauqua——yes
Cloud——yes
Comanche——yes
Decatur——yes
Doniphan——yes
Edwards——yes
Elk——yes
Ellsworth——yes
Finney——yes
Franklin——yes
Graham——yes
Gray——yes
Greeley——yes
Greenwood——yes
Hamilton——yes
Harper——yes
Harvey——yes
Haskell——yes
Hodgeman——yes
Jackson——yes
Jewell——yes
Kingman——yes
Kiowa——yes
Lane——yes
Lincoln——yes
Linn——yes
Logan——yes
Lyon——yes
Marion——yes
McPherson——yes
Meade——yes
Mitchell——yes
Montgomery——yes
Morris——yes
Morton——yes
Nemaha——yes
Norton——yes
Osage——yes
Osborne——yes
Ottawa——yes
Pawnee——yes
Pratt——yes
Rawlins——yes
Reno——yes
Republic——yes
Rice——yes
Saline——yes
Scott——yes
Sedgwick——yes
Seward——yes
Sheridan——yes
Sherman——yes
Smith——yes
Stafford——yes
Stanton——yes
Sumner——yes
Thomas——yes
Trego——yes
Wabaunsee——yes
Wallace——yes
Washington——yes
Wichita——yes
Wilson——yes
Woodson——yes
Wyandotte——yes