In Butte County, California, which covers Chico, we hold 6,240 septic records. Parcels there are not yet classified septic against sewer, so this page reports documents held and nothing beyond them.
Chico is a city in Butte County, California. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 39.758951, -121.81772 and its land area at 34.37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte County | 6,240 | none held | none held | county portal | no account needed |
We hold 6,240 septic records for Butte County, California. That is a substantial partial collection rather than a complete one, so a Chico property may or may not appear in it, and the county archive remains the authority. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.
Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.
| If you are a | Go to | Because it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Homeowner | Septic pumping in Chico | keeping the system you have working |
| Buyer or seller | Buying or selling in Chico | what to pull and check before closing |
| Realtor | Buying or selling in Chico | the same records a seller needs on file |
| Designer or engineer | Septic design in Chico | design flow, tank capacity, dispersal sizing |
| Installer or contractor | Septic installation in Chico | site evaluation, permit sequence, inspection |
| Septic pumper | Septic pumping in Chico | tank access, lids and service interval |
| Inspector | Septic inspection in Chico | what gets checked and what a failure means |
| Land investor | Septic installation in Chico | whether raw land can take a system at all |
No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Butte County, California, which covers Chico, we hold 6,240 septic records. Parcels there are not yet classified septic against sewer, so this page reports documents held and nothing beyond them.
Chico is in Butte County, California.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Chico’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 Chico.
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 Butte County, California.