Septic records and services in Big Lake, Minnesota

In Carlton County, Minnesota, which covers Big Lake, we have measured 12,613 parcels on septic and 1,604 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Big Lake on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Big Lake is, in the records

Big Lake is a census-designated place in Carlton County, Minnesota. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 46.70113, -92.62114 and its land area at 2.12 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 Big Lake

We have not yet collected septic documents from Carlton County, Minnesota, so for a Big Lake 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. Of the parcels we have classified in the county, most are on septic rather than sewer (12,613 of 14,217). A property near Big Lake is more likely than not to have its own system. 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 Big Lake?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Carlton County, Minnesota, which covers Big Lake, we have measured 12,613 parcels on septic and 1,604 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Big Lake on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Big Lake in?

Big Lake is in Carlton County, Minnesota.

Records and services around Big Lake

Other septic questions about Big Lake

• Septic records in Big Lake

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

ZIP codes that overlap Big Lake

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Big Lake’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 55720 (100% of the census-designated place)

Nearest other places

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

• Cloquet — 5.9 mi
• Mahnomen — 6.2 mi
• Scanlon — 9.1 mi
• Carlton — 9.6 mi
• Mahtowa — 10.3 mi
• Brookston — 11.4 mi
• Esko — 11.8 mi
• Cromwell — 11.9 mi
• Wrenshall — 12.5 mi
• Barnum — 13.9 mi
• Wright — 18.4 mi
• Moose Lake — 18.6 mi
• Proctor — 18.8 mi
• Kettle River — 19.2 mi
• Hermantown — 19.3 mi
• Floodwood — 19.8 mi
• Sturgeon Lake — 23.5 mi
• Duluth — 23.6 mi
• Tamarack — 24.1 mi
• Kerrick — 25.1 mi
• Meadowlands — 26.2 mi
• Rice Lake — 27.2 mi
• Willow River — 27.9 mi
• Denham — 28.0 mi
• Bruno — 29.1 mi
• McGregor — 32.8 mi
• Rutledge — 33.1 mi
• Askov — 36.2 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 Carlton County, Minnesota.

Open the parcel map and design tool