Septic records and services in Jamaica, Iowa

In Guthrie County, Iowa, which covers Jamaica, we have measured 3,552 parcels on septic and 2,838 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Jamaica on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Jamaica is, in the records

Jamaica is a city in Guthrie County, Iowa. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 41.845358, -94.306963 and its land area at 0.37 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.

What we hold for the county that covers Jamaica

Our collection for Guthrie County, Iowa is small, at 343 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Jamaica property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 3,552 of 6,390 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Jamaica address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. 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.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for Jamaica?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Guthrie County, Iowa, which covers Jamaica, we have measured 3,552 parcels on septic and 2,838 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Jamaica on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Jamaica in?

Jamaica is in Guthrie County, Iowa.

Records and services around Jamaica

Other septic questions about Jamaica

• Septic records in Jamaica

• Guthrie County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Iowa septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Iowa septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Jamaica

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Jamaica’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.

• ZIP 50128 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Jamaica.

• Dawson — 4.5 mi
• Yale — 5.5 mi
• Bagley — 6.3 mi
• Rippey — 8.2 mi
• Lake Panorama — 9.9 mi
• Perry — 11.0 mi
• Panora — 11.1 mi
• Berkley — 12.2 mi
• Jefferson — 12.5 mi
• Bayard — 13.0 mi
• Grand Junction — 13.5 mi
• Linden — 14.1 mi
• Guthrie Center — 15.2 mi
• Bouton — 15.3 mi
• Minburn — 15.6 mi
• Beaver — 15.9 mi
• Scranton — 17.3 mi
• Dana — 18.4 mi
• Redfield — 18.5 mi
• Coon Rapids — 19.2 mi
• Ogden — 19.6 mi
• Woodward — 19.9 mi
• Dallas Center — 20.1 mi
• Diamondhead Lake — 20.2 mi
• Ralston — 21.4 mi
• Paton — 22.2 mi
• Adel — 22.3 mi
• Menlo — 22.9 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

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 Guthrie County, Iowa.

Open the parcel map and design tool