Where the septic paperwork for a property in Colorado Springs is actually kept, what it contains, and how to get a copy. In El Paso County, Colorado, which covers Colorado Springs, we have measured 20,945 parcels on septic and 179,127 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Colorado Springs on its own and this page does not estimate one.
The document people mean by “the septic record” is usually the as-built drawing filed with the county after the system passed its final inspection. A complete one shows the tank’s working capacity and its position relative to the house, the location and layout of the dispersal field, the design flow the system was permitted for, the date, and who installed it. The permit file underneath it holds the application, the soil or site evaluation, and the inspector’s sign-off. Between them they answer the questions that cost money to answer any other way: where the lid is, how big the tank is, and where you must not dig, park or build.
Our collection for El Paso County, Colorado is small, at 6 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Colorado Springs property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is predominantly sewered: only 20,945 of 200,072 classified parcels are on septic. Septic properties near Colorado Springs are the exception, which is exactly why owners often do not know they have one. 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.
| County | Records we hold | Records machine-readable | County records portal | Searchable without an account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso County | 6 | 100% | county portal | account or login required |
Neither figure is a claim about how many records the county itself has. A county nearly always holds more than we have collected.
Where the county publishes a searchable portal it is linked in the table above, and that is nearly always faster than a formal request. Bring the parcel number if you have it: septic files are indexed by parcel far more reliably than by street address, and an address search failing does not mean the record is absent. If the portal has nothing, the record is requested from the county in writing. We have not verified a named records custodian for this county. Rather than print a guess that would send a real records request to the wrong desk, this page sends you to the county page, where the portal and access notes we did verify are listed.
Systems installed before a county began permitting often have no as-built at all. That is a finding, not a dead end: the tank and field are then located physically and an inspection becomes the record.
These are real businesses we hold an address for, not a ranked or paid list. We take no fee and list nobody preferentially. Confirm current licensing with your county or state before hiring.
With an address in Colorado Springs itself
| Business | Town on file | Phone | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Sewer And Drain | Colorado Springs | (719) 264-9493 | 1.3 (4) |
| Advanced Septic Solutions | Colorado Springs | (719) 257-1250 | 3.0 (2) |
| Apple Carpet Cleaning | Colorado Springs | (719) 575-0503 | 2.5 (2) |
| Arrowhead Septic & Grease Traps | Colorado Springs | (719) 576-7707 | 2.5 (11) |
| Baird's Excavating & Utilities | Colorado Springs | (719) 360-2892 | — |
| Best Option Restoration | Colorado Springs | (719) 619-8616 | 5.0 (1) |
| big L construction | Colorado Springs | (719) 659-0430 | — |
| Colorado Septic Systems | Colorado Springs | (719) 203-8211 | — |
| Custom Sewer & Septic Service | Colorado Springs | (719) 633-0236 | — |
| D’s Septic | Colorado Springs | (719) 323-4254 | — |
| Dan's Drains and Digs | Colorado Springs | (719) 375-8181 | 4.6 (10) |
| EZ Porta Potty Rentals | Colorado Springs | (719) 321-1177 | 5.0 (1) |
| Front Range Drains | Colorado Springs | (719) 321-0260 | 4.9 (70) |
| GDM Environmental | Colorado Springs | (719) 527-9484 | 3.0 (2) |
| Gibby's Construction | Colorado Springs | (719) 499-2647 | — |
| HD Septic | Colorado Springs | (877) 379-8989 | — |
Septic permits are held by the county, not the city. We have not verified a named records custodian for this county. Rather than print a guess that would send a real records request to the wrong desk, this page sends you to the county page, where the portal and access notes we did verify are listed.
Yes, and it is common. Systems installed before the county started permitting often have no as-built on file. The system then has to be located and assessed physically.
In El Paso County, Colorado, which covers Colorado Springs, we have measured 20,945 parcels on septic and 179,127 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Colorado Springs on its own and this page does not estimate one.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Colorado Springs’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 Colorado Springs.
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 El Paso County, Colorado.