Septic records and services in Potsdam, New York

In St. Lawrence County, New York, which covers Potsdam, we have measured 24,479 parcels on septic and 12,794 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Potsdam on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Potsdam is, in the records

Potsdam is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 44.670831, -74.983463 and its land area at 4.92 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 Potsdam

Our collection for St. Lawrence County, New York is small, at 155 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Potsdam 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 (24,479 of 37,273). A property near Potsdam is more likely than not to have its own system. 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 Potsdam?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In St. Lawrence County, New York, which covers Potsdam, we have measured 24,479 parcels on septic and 12,794 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Potsdam on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Potsdam in?

Potsdam is in St. Lawrence County, New York.

Records and services around Potsdam

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

ZIP codes that overlap Potsdam

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Potsdam’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 13676 (94% of the village)
• ZIP 13699 (6% of the village)

Nearest other places

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

• Hannawa Falls — 4.9 mi
• Norwood — 5.4 mi
• Colton — 7.5 mi
• Norfolk — 8.1 mi
• Madrid — 8.9 mi
• Parishville — 9.8 mi
• Canton — 10.2 mi
• Winthrop — 12.5 mi
• Brasher Falls — 13.7 mi
• Waddington — 16.8 mi
• Rensselaer Falls — 17.4 mi
• Massena — 18.4 mi
• Hermon — 18.6 mi
• DeKalb Junction — 19.0 mi
• Heuvelton — 20.8 mi
• St. Regis Falls — 22.2 mi
• Ogdensburg — 23.7 mi
• Brushton — 25.6 mi
• Akwesasne — 25.8 mi
• Richville — 26.8 mi
• Edwards — 27.5 mi
• Fort Covington — 31.7 mi
• Morristown — 33.1 mi
• Gouverneur — 33.1 mi
• Hailesboro — 33.3 mi
• Cranberry Lake — 34.3 mi
• Star Lake — 34.7 mi
• Malone — 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 St. Lawrence County, New York.

Open the parcel map and design tool