Septic records and services in Wells River, Vermont

In Orange County, Vermont, which covers Wells River, we have measured 10,565 parcels on septic and 1,334 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Wells River on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Wells River is, in the records

Wells River is a village in Orange County, Vermont. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 44.156476, -72.067979 and its land area at 1.89 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 Wells River

We hold 33,119 septic records for Orange County, Vermont. That is a substantial partial collection rather than a complete one, so a Wells River 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 (10,565 of 11,899). A property near Wells River 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 Wells River?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Orange County, Vermont, which covers Wells River, we have measured 10,565 parcels on septic and 1,334 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Wells River on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Wells River in?

Wells River is in Orange County, Vermont.

Records and services around Wells River

Other septic questions about Wells River

• Septic records in Wells River

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

ZIP codes that overlap Wells River

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Wells River’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 05081 (100% of the village)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Wells River.

• Newbury — 5.3 mi
• Groton — 7.9 mi
• Barnet — 9.6 mi
• Bradford — 11.4 mi
• Peacham — 13.0 mi
• Danville — 17.9 mi
• Fairlee — 18.7 mi
• East Barre — 18.9 mi
• St. Johnsbury — 19.2 mi
• Marshfield — 19.5 mi
• Plainfield — 20.0 mi
• Websterville — 20.3 mi
• Graniteville — 20.5 mi
• Cabot — 21.2 mi
• Concord — 21.3 mi
• South Barre — 21.5 mi
• Barre — 22.0 mi
• Chelsea — 22.2 mi
• East Montpelier — 22.3 mi
• Williamstown — 24.1 mi
• Lyndon — 24.9 mi
• Gilman — 25.0 mi
• Lyndonville — 26.0 mi
• Montpelier — 26.1 mi
• Lyndon Center — 26.7 mi
• Hardwick — 27.7 mi
• Worcester — 28.1 mi
• Lunenburg — 28.3 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 Orange County, Vermont.

Open the parcel map and design tool