Septic records and services in Lake Charles, Louisiana

We have not yet measured septic parcels or collected septic records for Calcasieu County, Louisiana, which covers Lake Charles. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

What Lake Charles is, in the records

Lake Charles is a city in Calcasieu County, Louisiana. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 30.19902, -93.210835 and its land area at 47.47 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 Lake Charles

We have not yet collected septic documents from Calcasieu County, Louisiana, so for a Lake Charles property the county's own file is currently the only route. This page is about getting you to it, not about pretending we hold something we do not. The county publishes a records portal, but reaching the documents needs an account or a login, so budget for that step rather than expecting an open search.

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 Lake Charles?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. We have not yet measured septic parcels or collected septic records for Calcasieu County, Louisiana, which covers Lake Charles. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

Which county is Lake Charles in?

Lake Charles is in Calcasieu County, Louisiana.

Records and services around Lake Charles

Other septic questions about Lake Charles

• Septic records in Lake Charles

• Calcasieu County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Louisiana septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Lake Charles

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Lake Charles’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 70601 (34% of the city)
• ZIP 70605 (29% of the city)
• ZIP 70607 (18% of the city)
• ZIP 70615 (18% of the city)
• ZIP 70647 (1% of the city)
• ZIP 70609 (0% of the city)
• ZIP 70629 (0% of the city)
• ZIP 70669 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Lake Charles.

• Prien — 5.0 mi
• Westlake — 5.3 mi
• Moss Bluff — 7.6 mi
• Sulphur — 8.9 mi
• Carlyss — 9.6 mi
• Iowa — 12.2 mi
• Gillis — 12.3 mi
• Lacassine — 17.5 mi
• Hayes — 18.2 mi
• Hackberry — 20.1 mi
• Fenton — 20.9 mi
• Vinton — 22.2 mi
• DeQuincy — 22.2 mi
• Welsh — 23.9 mi
• Reeves — 24.6 mi
• Oretta — 26.5 mi
• Roanoke — 27.7 mi
• Starks — 28.3 mi
• Cameron — 28.3 mi
• Longville — 28.5 mi
• Kinder — 29.0 mi
• Lake Arthur — 32.9 mi
• Jennings — 33.0 mi
• Singer — 33.5 mi
• Elton — 36.3 mi
• Mermentau — 37.5 mi
• Oberlin — 38.4 mi
• Basile — 41.4 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 Calcasieu County, Louisiana.

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