Septic records and services in Tensed, Idaho

In Benewah County, Idaho, which covers Tensed, we have measured 2,289 parcels on septic and 1,939 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Tensed on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Tensed is, in the records

Tensed is a city in Benewah County, Idaho. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 47.159612, -116.923795 and its land area at 0.19 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 Tensed

Our collection for Benewah County, Idaho is small, at 4,423 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Tensed property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 2,289 of 4,228 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Tensed 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 Tensed?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Benewah County, Idaho, which covers Tensed, we have measured 2,289 parcels on septic and 1,939 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Tensed on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Tensed in?

Tensed is in Benewah County, Idaho.

Records and services around Tensed

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

ZIP codes that overlap Tensed

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Tensed’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 83870 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

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

• De Smet — 1.4 mi
• Plummer — 11.9 mi
• Onaway — 16.1 mi
• Potlatch — 16.4 mi
• Parkline — 16.4 mi
• Worley — 16.6 mi
• Princeton — 17.4 mi
• Conkling Park — 18.1 mi
• St. Maries — 19.7 mi
• Harrison — 22.1 mi
• Viola — 22.6 mi
• Rockford Bay — 24.2 mi
• Fernwood — 25.4 mi
• Moscow — 29.9 mi
• Troy — 30.0 mi
• Deary — 30.2 mi
• Bovill — 32.5 mi
• Fernan Lake Village — 36.4 mi
• Huetter — 37.7 mi
• Coeur d'Alene — 38.0 mi
• State Line — 38.1 mi
• Post Falls — 39.1 mi
• Kendrick — 39.7 mi
• Dalton Gardens — 40.3 mi
• Pinehurst — 41.6 mi
• Juliaetta — 41.7 mi
• Genesee — 42.0 mi
• Hauser — 42.0 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 Benewah County, Idaho.

Open the parcel map and design tool