In Benton County, Arkansas, which covers Decatur, we have measured 36,222 parcels on septic and 56,567 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Decatur on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Decatur is a city in Benton County, Arkansas. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 36.348527, -94.458044 and its land area at 4.75 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.
| County | Records we hold | Parcels on septic | Parcels on sewer | County records portal | Searchable without an account |
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| Benton County | 1,049 | 36,222 | 56,567 | county portal | account or login required |
Our collection for Benton County, Arkansas is small, at 1,049 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Decatur property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 36,222 of 92,789 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Decatur address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. The county publishes a records portal, but reaching the documents needs an account or a login, so budget for that step rather than expecting an open search.
Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.
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No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Benton County, Arkansas, which covers Decatur, we have measured 36,222 parcels on septic and 56,567 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Decatur on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Decatur is in Benton County, Arkansas.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Decatur’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.
Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Decatur.
Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Benton County, Arkansas.