Septic records and services in Somerset, Massachusetts

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

What Somerset is, in the records

Somerset is a census-designated place in Bristol County, Massachusetts. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 41.738483, -71.165053 and its land area at 7.90 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the census-designated place 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 Somerset

We have not yet collected septic documents from Bristol County, Massachusetts, so for a Somerset 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 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 Somerset?

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 Bristol County, Massachusetts, which covers Somerset. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

Which county is Somerset in?

Somerset is in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Records and services around Somerset

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

ZIP codes that overlap Somerset

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Somerset’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 02726 (70% of the census-designated place)
• ZIP 02725 (30% of the census-designated place)

Nearest other places

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

• Ocean Grove — 2.4 mi
• Fall River — 3.8 mi
• North Westport — 5.3 mi
• Smith Mills — 10.7 mi
• Taunton — 11.9 mi
• New Bedford — 12.9 mi
• North Seekonk — 13.2 mi
• Acushnet Center — 13.8 mi
• North Lakeville — 14.3 mi
• Raynham Center — 14.6 mi
• Bliss Corner — 14.7 mi
• Attleboro — 14.9 mi
• Norton Center — 16.3 mi
• Middleborough Center — 16.4 mi
• North Attleborough Town — 18.3 mi
• Bridgewater Town — 18.8 mi
• Mattapoisett Center — 19.4 mi
• Mansfield Center — 19.8 mi
• West Wareham — 21.3 mi
• Marion Center — 21.3 mi
• Weweantic — 21.9 mi
• Foxborough — 22.9 mi
• Wareham Center — 22.9 mi
• Brockton — 24.8 mi
• Onset — 25.6 mi
• Sharon — 26.2 mi
• Pocasset — 26.8 mi
• Franklin Town — 27.1 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 Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Open the parcel map and design tool