In Washington County, Vermont, which covers Plainfield, we have measured 12,938 parcels on septic and 8,356 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Plainfield on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Plainfield is a census-designated place in Washington County, Vermont. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 44.280961, -72.431823 and its land area at 0.47 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the census-designated place 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 |
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| Washington County | 30,731 | 12,938 | 8,356 | county portal | no account needed |
We hold 30,731 septic records for Washington County, Vermont. That is a substantial partial collection rather than a complete one, so a Plainfield property may or may not appear in it, and the county archive remains the authority. Of the parcels we have classified in the county, most are on septic rather than sewer (12,938 of 21,294). A property near Plainfield 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.
Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.
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No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Washington County, Vermont, which covers Plainfield, we have measured 12,938 parcels on septic and 8,356 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Plainfield on its own and this page does not estimate one.
Plainfield is in Washington County, Vermont.
From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Plainfield’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 Plainfield.
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 Washington County, Vermont.