In Montgomery County, New York, which covers Ames, we have measured 8,249 parcels on septic and 9,376 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Ames on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Ames is a village in Montgomery County, New York. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 42.837469, -74.601681 and its land area at 0.13 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.
| County | Records we hold | Parcels on septic | Parcels on sewer | County records portal | Searchable without an account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | 0 | 8,249 | 9,376 | not published | — |
We have not yet collected septic documents from Montgomery County, New York, so for a Ames 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 is genuinely mixed: 8,249 of 17,625 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Ames address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. We have not found a published online records portal for this county, which means the file is requested from the county directly rather than searched.
Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.
| If you are a | Go to | Because it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Homeowner | Septic pumping in Ames | keeping the system you have working |
| Buyer or seller | Buying or selling in Ames | what to pull and check before closing |
| Realtor | Buying or selling in Ames | the same records a seller needs on file |
| Designer or engineer | Septic design in Ames | design flow, tank capacity, dispersal sizing |
| Installer or contractor | Septic installation in Ames | site evaluation, permit sequence, inspection |
| Septic pumper | Septic pumping in Ames | tank access, lids and service interval |
| Inspector | Septic inspection in Ames | what gets checked and what a failure means |
| Land investor | Septic installation in Ames | whether raw land can take a system at all |
No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Montgomery County, New York, which covers Ames, we have measured 8,249 parcels on septic and 9,376 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Ames on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Ames is in Montgomery County, New York.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Ames’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.
Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Ames.
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 Montgomery County, New York.