Septic records and services in Isle of Palms, South Carolina

In Charleston County, South Carolina, which covers Isle of Palms, we have measured 15,685 parcels on septic and 129,120 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Isle of Palms on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Isle of Palms is, in the records

Isle of Palms is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 32.803944, -79.752353 and its land area at 4.44 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 Isle of Palms

We have not yet collected septic documents from Charleston County, South Carolina, so for a Isle of Palms 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 predominantly sewered: only 15,685 of 144,805 classified parcels are on septic. Septic properties near Isle of Palms are the exception, which is exactly why owners often do not know they have one. 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.

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 Isle of Palms?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Charleston County, South Carolina, which covers Isle of Palms, we have measured 15,685 parcels on septic and 129,120 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Isle of Palms on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Isle of Palms in?

Isle of Palms is in Charleston County, South Carolina.

Records and services around Isle of Palms

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

ZIP codes that overlap Isle of Palms

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Isle of Palms’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 29451 (100% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Isle of Palms.

• Sullivan's Island — 5.1 mi
• Mount Pleasant — 6.6 mi
• James Island — 11.7 mi
• Awendaw — 12.7 mi
• Charleston — 12.9 mi
• Folly Beach — 15.3 mi
• Hanahan — 16.9 mi
• North Charleston — 19.8 mi
• Goose Creek — 19.9 mi
• Kiawah Island — 22.1 mi
• Pimlico — 23.7 mi
• Ladson — 25.0 mi
• McClellanville — 25.6 mi
• Hollywood — 26.4 mi
• Sangaree — 26.8 mi
• Lincolnville — 27.3 mi
• Ravenel — 27.9 mi
• Summerville — 28.4 mi
• Rockville — 29.1 mi
• Seabrook Island — 29.6 mi
• Meggett — 30.4 mi
• Moncks Corner — 30.5 mi
• Jamestown — 33.5 mi
• Pinopolis — 33.7 mi
• Adams Run — 35.0 mi
• Bonneau — 37.1 mi
• Ridgeville — 37.8 mi
• Bonneau Beach — 38.3 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 Charleston County, South Carolina.

Open the parcel map and design tool