Field dictionary

GEOID13009

Columns in Baldwin County

Field	Type	Filled	Distinct	Example values
parcel_id	OFTString	99%	21.4k	006A+280, 006A+280, 006A+270
pid	OFTString	99%	21.4k	006A 280, 006A 280, 006A 270
account	OFTString	0%	—
map_no	OFTString	99%	21.4k	006A 280, 006A 280, 006A 270
owner	OFTString	99%	15.9k	JAQUETTE CAROLYN B COLTER AL, JAQUETTE CAROLYN B COLTER AL, JAQUETTE CAROLYN B COLTER AL
owner2	OFTString	0%	—
mail_addr1	OFTString	98%	14.3k	191 LINGOLD RD NW, 191 LINGOLD RD NW, 191 LINGOLD RD NW
mail_addr2	OFTString	99%	1.7k	MILLEDGEVILLE GA 31061, MILLEDGEVILLE GA 31061, MILLEDGEVILLE GA 31061
situs	OFTString	99%	21.2k	107 NEALYS WAY, 107 NEALYS WAY, 109 NEALYS WAY
legal	OFTString	99%	21.3k	PARCEL E OF R/W (Note: Not to be used on legal documents), PARCEL E OF R/W (Note: Not to be used on legal documents), HALL CEMETERY (Note: Not to be used on legal documents)
use_code	OFTString	99%	39
acres	OFTString	99%	5.2k	0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000
land_val	OFTString	98%	6.2k	10,000, 10,000, 10,000
tax_dist	OFTString	99%	2	(01) BALDWIN COUNTY, (01) BALDWIN COUNTY, (01) BALDWIN COUNTY
nbhd	OFTString	99%	468	829 - Res-Browns Reserve, 829 - Res-Browns Reserve, 829 - Res-Browns Reserve
homesteadx	OFTString	99%	17	N, N, N
rooms	OFTString	65%	17	6, 6, 4
beds	OFTString	65%	15	3, 3, 4
fbaths	OFTString	65%	14	2, 2, 2
hbaths	OFTString	65%	6	0, 0, 1
heat	OFTString	65%	9	CENTRAL HEAT/AC, CENTRAL HEAT/AC, CENTRAL HEAT/AC
yearbuilt	OFTString	70%	159	2005, 2005, 2006
basement	OFTString	30%	13	OPT 2 IN WINGAP, OPT 2 IN WINGAP, OPT 2 IN WINGAP
basementsq	OFTString	65%	713	0, 0, 0
heatsqft	OFTString	65%	2.9k	1802, 1802, 2634
style	OFTString	65%	7	SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED
attic	OFTString	37%	4	NO ATTIC, NO ATTIC, NO ATTIC
luc	OFTString	99%	14	RES, RES, RES
class	OFTString	99%	38	R3, R3, R3
lndval	OFTString	99%	6.1k	10,000, 10,000, 10,000
bldval	OFTString	99%	12.0k	0, 0, 0
totval	OFTString	99%	14.0k	10,000, 10,000, 10,000
assdval	OFTString	99%	13.9k	4,000, 4,000, 4,000
key	OFTString	100%	21.5k	006A 280, 006A 280, 006A 270

Why this differs from the next county over

There is no national parcel schema. Every assessor's office built its own, usually decades ago, usually inside whatever CAMA system it bought at the time. One county's owner column is OWNER_NAME, the next one's is own1, and a third splits it across four fields. Shapefile's ten-character DBF limit truncated a generation of them into things like TOTLNDVAL.

Nothing here is renamed or remapped. The columns above are exactly what is in the file, because a normalisation layer that quietly guesses wrong is worse than no normalisation at all — and every guess it makes is one you cannot audit.

The Filled column is the share of rows with a real value. Placeholder text such as n/a counts as empty; a column that is 100% present but 90% placeholder is a column that will disappoint you, and the profiler treats it accordingly.