Septic records and services in Colfax, Washington

In Whitman County, Washington, which covers Colfax, we have measured 4,265 parcels on septic and 9,252 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Colfax on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Colfax is, in the records

Colfax is a city in Whitman County, Washington. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 46.922442, -117.301479 and its land area at 3.78 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 Colfax

Our collection for Whitman County, Washington is small, at 49 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Colfax property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 4,265 of 13,517 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Colfax address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. 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 Colfax?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Whitman County, Washington, which covers Colfax, we have measured 4,265 parcels on septic and 9,252 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Colfax on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Colfax in?

Colfax is in Whitman County, Washington.

Records and services around Colfax

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

ZIP codes that overlap Colfax

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Colfax’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 99111 (100% of the city)
• ZIP 99130 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

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

• Steptoe — 6.3 mi
• Albion — 9.3 mi
• Garfield — 9.8 mi
• Palouse — 10.7 mi
• Pullman — 14.5 mi
• Oakesdale — 14.6 mi
• Farmington — 16.6 mi
• St. John — 17.9 mi
• Endicott — 18.2 mi
• Rosalia — 22.0 mi
• Malden — 22.7 mi
• Tekoa — 23.5 mi
• Latah — 25.8 mi
• Colton — 25.9 mi
• Uniontown — 28.4 mi
• Waverly — 28.9 mi
• LaCrosse — 30.4 mi
• Fairfield — 32.5 mi
• Pataha — 33.1 mi
• Pomeroy — 34.0 mi
• Lamont — 34.3 mi
• Spangle — 35.3 mi
• Clarkston — 37.0 mi
• Rockford — 37.4 mi
• West Clarkston-Highland — 37.6 mi
• Clarkston Heights-Vineland — 39.1 mi
• Sprague — 41.1 mi
• Cheney — 41.4 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 Whitman County, Washington.

Open the parcel map and design tool