Septic records and services in Red Oak, Iowa

In Montgomery County, Iowa, which covers Red Oak, we have measured 1,797 parcels on septic and 3,785 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Red Oak on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Red Oak is, in the records

Red Oak is a city in Montgomery County, Iowa. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 41.01413, -95.224371 and its land area at 3.93 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 Red Oak

Our collection for Montgomery County, Iowa is small, at 81 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Red Oak property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 1,797 of 5,582 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Red Oak 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 Red Oak?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Montgomery County, Iowa, which covers Red Oak, we have measured 1,797 parcels on septic and 3,785 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Red Oak on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Red Oak in?

Red Oak is in Montgomery County, Iowa.

Records and services around Red Oak

Other septic questions about Red Oak

• Septic records in Red Oak
• Septic pumping in Red Oak
• Septic installation in Red Oak
• Septic design in Red Oak
• Septic inspection in Red Oak
• Drainfield in Red Oak
• Buying or selling in Red Oak
• Septic repair in Red Oak

• Montgomery 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 Red Oak

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Red Oak’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 51566 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Red Oak.

• Stanton — 6.7 mi
• Coburg — 6.9 mi
• Emerson — 9.3 mi
• Elliott — 9.9 mi
• Essex — 13.2 mi
• Henderson — 13.8 mi
• Villisca — 14.0 mi
• Hastings — 14.1 mi
• Imogene — 14.3 mi
• Grant — 15.4 mi
• Griswold — 15.8 mi
• Macedonia — 16.2 mi
• Nodaway — 17.9 mi
• Carson — 18.4 mi
• Malvern — 18.8 mi
• Shenandoah — 19.3 mi
• Yorktown — 19.6 mi
• Randolph — 20.3 mi
• Carbon — 21.0 mi
• Lewis — 21.5 mi
• Clarinda — 21.5 mi
• Oakland — 22.4 mi
• Silver City — 22.6 mi
• Farragut — 24.3 mi
• Coin — 24.8 mi
• Tabor — 24.8 mi
• Treynor — 24.9 mi
• Anderson — 25.0 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 Montgomery County, Iowa.

Open the parcel map and design tool