Septic records and services in Lester, Iowa

In Lyon County, Iowa, which covers Lester, we have measured 2,424 parcels on septic and 3,264 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Lester on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Lester is, in the records

Lester is a city in Lyon County, Iowa. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 43.440293, -96.331416 and its land area at 1.82 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 Lester

Our collection for Lyon County, Iowa is small, at 114 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Lester property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 2,424 of 5,688 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Lester 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 Lester?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Lyon County, Iowa, which covers Lester, we have measured 2,424 parcels on septic and 3,264 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Lester on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Lester in?

Lester is in Lyon County, Iowa.

Records and services around Lester

• Lyon 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 Lester

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Lester’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 51242 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

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

• Larchwood — 5.4 mi
• Alvord — 7.0 mi
• Rock Rapids — 8.3 mi
• Inwood — 10.4 mi
• Doon — 12.2 mi
• Rock Valley — 16.6 mi
• George — 17.8 mi
• Hull — 20.0 mi
• Little Rock — 22.6 mi
• Boyden — 23.9 mi
• Matlock — 24.1 mi
• Sioux Center — 26.5 mi
• Ashton — 28.6 mi
• Sibley — 29.6 mi
• Sheldon — 30.4 mi
• Hawarden — 31.3 mi
• Ireton — 32.2 mi
• Orange City — 33.3 mi
• Hospers — 33.3 mi
• Maurice — 33.6 mi
• Alton — 35.2 mi
• Archer — 37.1 mi
• Chatsworth — 37.4 mi
• Craig — 37.7 mi
• Melvin — 37.8 mi
• Struble — 38.3 mi
• Sanborn — 38.4 mi
• Granville — 38.9 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 Lyon County, Iowa.

Open the parcel map and design tool