Septic records and services in Ortonville, Minnesota

In Big Stone County, Minnesota, which covers Ortonville, we have measured 1,951 parcels on septic and 1,250 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Ortonville on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Ortonville is, in the records

Ortonville is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 45.302445, -96.442223 and its land area at 4.19 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 Ortonville

Our collection for Big Stone County, Minnesota is small, at 17 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Ortonville property rather than a search that settles the question. Of the parcels we have classified in the county, most are on septic rather than sewer (1,951 of 3,201). A property near Ortonville 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 Ortonville?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Big Stone County, Minnesota, which covers Ortonville, we have measured 1,951 parcels on septic and 1,250 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Ortonville on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Ortonville in?

Ortonville is in Big Stone County, Minnesota.

Records and services around Ortonville

• Big Stone 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 Ortonville

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Ortonville’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 56278 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

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

• Odessa — 6.0 mi
• Clinton — 11.4 mi
• Bellingham — 13.8 mi
• Correll — 14.4 mi
• Nassau — 16.2 mi
• Louisburg — 16.3 mi
• Graceville — 18.4 mi
• Barry — 18.6 mi
• Johnson — 20.0 mi
• Marietta — 20.2 mi
• Appleton — 21.6 mi
• Beardsley — 22.0 mi
• Chokio — 22.8 mi
• Madison — 23.5 mi
• Holloway — 26.4 mi
• Alberta — 26.7 mi
• Browns Valley — 27.7 mi
• Dumont — 28.7 mi
• Milan — 29.0 mi
• Dawson — 32.1 mi
• Morris — 32.6 mi
• Danvers — 33.4 mi
• Donnelly — 33.8 mi
• Hancock — 34.2 mi
• Wheaton — 34.9 mi
• Watson — 37.3 mi
• Clontarf — 37.4 mi
• Herman — 38.0 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 Big Stone County, Minnesota.

Open the parcel map and design tool