Septic records and services in Monmouth, Iowa

In Jackson County, Iowa, which covers Monmouth, we have measured 5,053 parcels on septic and 4,790 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Monmouth on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Monmouth is, in the records

Monmouth is a city in Jackson County, Iowa. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 42.0751, -90.88223 and its land area at 0.57 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 Monmouth

Our collection for Jackson County, Iowa is small, at 233 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Monmouth property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 5,053 of 9,843 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Monmouth 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 Monmouth?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Jackson County, Iowa, which covers Monmouth, we have measured 5,053 parcels on septic and 4,790 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Monmouth on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Monmouth in?

Monmouth is in Jackson County, Iowa.

Records and services around Monmouth

• Jackson 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 Monmouth

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Monmouth’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 52309 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

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

• Baldwin — 2.2 mi
• Wyoming — 6.4 mi
• Onslow — 7.2 mi
• Oxford Junction — 7.3 mi
• Lost Nation — 8.1 mi
• Center Junction — 11.0 mi
• Maquoketa — 11.2 mi
• Toronto — 11.9 mi
• Olin — 14.3 mi
• Delmar — 15.0 mi
• Lowden — 15.1 mi
• Andrew — 15.8 mi
• Clarence — 15.9 mi
• Bernard — 16.7 mi
• Cascade — 16.9 mi
• Wheatland — 16.9 mi
• Calamus — 18.3 mi
• Zwingle — 18.3 mi
• Stanwood — 18.6 mi
• Welton — 18.8 mi
• Monticello — 18.9 mi
• Morley — 19.3 mi
• La Motte — 20.2 mi
• Anamosa — 20.3 mi
• Grand Mound — 21.1 mi
• Big Rock — 21.3 mi
• Springbrook — 21.6 mi
• Mechanicsville — 22.4 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 Jackson County, Iowa.

Open the parcel map and design tool