In Plymouth County, Iowa, which covers Le Mars, we have measured 4,394 parcels on septic and 6,512 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Le Mars on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Le Mars is a city in Plymouth County, Iowa. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 42.781514, -96.173311 and its land area at 8.79 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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| Plymouth County | 160 | 4,394 | 6,512 | county portal | no account needed |
Our collection for Plymouth County, Iowa is small, at 160 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Le Mars property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 4,394 of 10,906 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Le Mars 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.
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 Plymouth County, Iowa, which covers Le Mars, we have measured 4,394 parcels on septic and 6,512 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Le Mars on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Le Mars is in Plymouth County, Iowa.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Le Mars’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 Le Mars.
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 Plymouth County, Iowa.