Septic records and services in Chama, New Mexico

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

What Chama is, in the records

Chama is a village in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 36.890126, -106.584163 and its land area at 2.88 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the village 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 Chama

We have not yet collected septic documents from Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, so for a Chama 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 Chama?

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 Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, which covers Chama. This page says what is and is not on file rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

Which county is Chama in?

Chama is in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

Records and services around Chama

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

ZIP codes that overlap Chama

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Chama’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 87520 (100% of the village)

Nearest other places

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

• Brazos — 9.6 mi
• Los Ojos — 10.5 mi
• Ensenada — 11.3 mi
• Tierra Amarilla — 12.8 mi
• Lumberton — 19.6 mi
• Dulce — 23.4 mi
• Canjilon — 29.5 mi
• El Rito — 44.7 mi
• La Madera — 46.5 mi
• Lindrith — 47.0 mi
• Gallina — 47.3 mi
• Youngsville — 48.0 mi
• Abiquiu — 49.7 mi
• Ojo Caliente — 50.0 mi
• Cañones — 50.2 mi
• Coyote — 51.1 mi
• Regina — 52.1 mi
• Medanales — 54.2 mi
• La Jara — 57.7 mi
• Chili — 59.3 mi
• Canova — 59.9 mi
• Lyden — 59.9 mi
• Velarde — 61.3 mi
• Los Luceros — 61.6 mi
• La Villita — 61.9 mi
• El Duende — 62.1 mi
• Dixon — 62.4 mi
• Alcalde — 62.8 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 Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

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