Septic records and services in Orono, Maine

In Penobscot County, Maine, which covers Orono, we hold 22,460 septic records. Parcels there are not yet classified septic against sewer, so this page reports documents held and nothing beyond them.

What Orono is, in the records

Orono is a census-designated place in Penobscot County, Maine. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 44.878261, -68.688144 and its land area at 7.05 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 Orono

We hold 22,460 septic records for Penobscot County, Maine. That is a substantial partial collection rather than a complete one, so a Orono property may or may not appear in it, and the county archive remains the authority. 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 Orono?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Penobscot County, Maine, which covers Orono, we hold 22,460 septic records. Parcels there are not yet classified septic against sewer, so this page reports documents held and nothing beyond them.

Which county is Orono in?

Orono is in Penobscot County, Maine.

Records and services around Orono

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

ZIP codes that overlap Orono

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Orono’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 04473 (88% of the census-designated place)
• ZIP 04469 (12% of the census-designated place)

Nearest other places

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

• Veazie — 2.5 mi
• Bradley — 4.0 mi
• Old Town — 5.8 mi
• Bangor — 6.0 mi
• Milford — 6.1 mi
• Brewer — 6.9 mi
• Hampden — 11.7 mi
• Winterport — 18.0 mi
• Bucksport — 20.7 mi
• Ellsworth — 22.8 mi
• Howland — 27.1 mi
• Newport — 27.9 mi
• Corinna — 28.4 mi
• Milo — 28.6 mi
• Searsport — 30.0 mi
• Dexter — 31.2 mi
• Blue Hill — 33.6 mi
• Castine — 34.0 mi
• Pittsfield — 34.5 mi
• Dover-Foxcroft — 34.5 mi
• Lincoln — 34.7 mi
• Belfast — 35.4 mi
• Unity — 36.9 mi
• Brownville Junction — 37.1 mi
• Hartland — 38.2 mi
• Guilford — 40.3 mi
• Bar Harbor — 41.6 mi
• Clinton — 42.5 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 Penobscot County, Maine.

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