Septic records

Septic records in North Carolina

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

100
counties
84
with a records portal
167
septic companies listed
158,971
records held
2,007,408
parcels on septic

Septic companies in North Carolina

167 septic and onsite wastewater businesses on record across 32 North Carolina 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
Wake31A-1 Septic Tank Cleaning, A1- Septic Tank Cleaning, Absolute Septic
Guilford25A & B Portable Toilets, A Sani Can, A&B Disposal Services
Mecklenburg14Autry's Backhoe & Septic Service, Best Rate Plumbing, Busy Little Bee
Forsyth9A&D Property Services, DreamSites Grading, Eagle Septic
Iredell8Ammons T W Septic Service, Clearwater Septic and Pumping, Eagle Septic & Grease Service
Cabarrus7Carolina Septic Pro, Call of Doody, Charlotte Septic Inspections
Rockingham7Central Piedmont Plumbing & Septic, East Coast Septic Installers And Lawn Care, James Septic & Groundwork’s
Johnston6Fast Lane Septic Services, Frank Howard's Backhoe, Full Circle Environmental
Rowan6J O Specialty Septic, Metro Septic Pros, Piedmont Septic Solutions
Lincoln51st Choice Service, A Sani-Can Service, Beard Septic & Grading
Randolph5Driggers Septic Tank Services, Frtigger's Septic Tank & Pumping Service, Queen's Septic Tank Service
Stanly5Dahl Septic Services, Diamond H Land Works, Global Brothers Earthworks
Durham4B.C Construction & Excavating, Bobby Davis Jr Septic Tank Service, Quias Septic Services
Cleveland3Foothills Land Solutions, Leonard McSwain Septic Tank, Ple Septic & Land Solutions
Davidson3C&C Environmental Services, Transou's Plumbing & Septic, Transou's Septic Tank Service
Davie3Big Country’s Hauling & Grading, LiningWorks, Willard's Septic Solutions
Franklin3Ambassador Inspections, NC Septic Solutions, New Day Septic
Harnett3Environmental Systems & Services, Grade A Septic Inspectors, Hal Owen & Associates
Union3A&E Landworx, Barry's Plumbing & Septic Services, Turner Site Services
Catawba2Green Septic Service & Solutions, Sipe Grading
Gaston2All Pro Enviro, ProSite Environmental
Orange2JC Johnson Septic Service, The Water Specialist
Stokes2Carlson Contractors, Newman’s Septic Solutions
Burke1JV Contracting
Caswell1Swann Machine & Supply
Granville1Hidden Creek Builders
Lee1DO Septic
Montgomery1Affordable Grading & Concrete
Moore1Superior Septics
Nash1Southern Land and Septic
Robeson1Hunt Environmental Associates-Enviro-Choice Recycling
Yadkin1CGO Grease Services

Septic installation and permitting in North Carolina

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 North Carolina counties publish records

SystemCounties
portal found, system not yet identified22
no online records system12
CDP Environmental Health11
a county-built portal8
Tyler EnerGov Self Service6
a county web portal5
Accela Citizen Access4
OpenGov4
other records system4
SmartGov2
citizenserve2
Laserfiche WebLink2
ArcGIS1
nextrequest1
Free septic design, any parcel in North Carolina. 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
Buncombe91,85730,440yes
Pitt15,48929,024yes
Davidson12,68445,109yes
Alleghany5,651484yes
Mitchell4,8656,182yes
Stanly4,55817,131yes
Avery4,55210,072yes
Ashe4,50314,562yes
Watauga3,89017,496yes
Jackson3,12514,962yes
Richmond3,0719,509yes
Orange2,69318,380yes
Lee1,16610,724yes
Cherokee25612,117yes
Currituck178yes
Cumberland9318,704yes
Durham6782,543yes
Harnett4140,423yes
Madison418,140yes
Transylvania3811,833yes
Johnston3262,281yes
Robeson2330,487yes
Yancey17yes
Bertie137,450yes
Macon1017,242yes
Rowan948,713yes
Burke825,562yes
Caldwell831,714yes
Northampton68,347yes
Perquimans65,953yes
Beaufort515,446yes
New Hanover563,795yes
Nash4yes
Scotland47,010yes
Moore131,130yes
Sampson121,126yes
Warren110,011yes
Alamance31,577yes
Alexander14,128
Anson8,197yes
Bladen11,515
Brunswick49,102yes
Cabarrusyes
Camden4,056yes
Carteret28,441yes
Caswell9,279
Catawba52,981yes
Chatham21,978yes
Chowan4,498yes
Clay5,559
Cleveland26,424yes
Columbus19,229yes
Craven20,223yes
Dare22,075yes
Davie13,594
Duplin17,443yes
Edgecombe15,796yes
Forsyth34,935
Franklin18,893yes
Gaston32,878yes
Gatesyes
Graham3,153
Granville16,682yes
Greene6,211yes
Guilford40,267
Halifax18,532
Haywood21,783yes
Henderson29,915yes
Hertford6,347yes
Hoke16,015yes
Hyde0
Iredellyes
Jones3,889yes
Lenoir12,930yes
Lincoln29,155yes
Martin3,286yes
McDowell14,103yes
Mecklenburg
Montgomery8,694
Onslow50,425yes
Pamlico4,198yes
Pasquotank9,327yes
Pender22,533yes
Person13,664yes
Polk7,846yes
Randolph45,972yes
Rockingham23,210yes
Rutherford22,369
Stokes18,825yes
Surry23,386yes
Swainyes
Tyrrell1,659
Union62,767yes
Vance10,936yes
Wake152,501
Washington3,894
Wayne3,000yes
Wilkes26,325yes
Wilson11,863yes
Yadkin14,843yes