42 attribute fields, profiled from the November 2022 vintage.
Columns in Pipestone County
| Field | Type | Filled | Distinct | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| objectid | OFTInteger | 8.2k | 4724394, 4724395, 4724396 | |
| parcel_num | OFTString | 8.2k | 04.125.0400, 04.125.0500, 04.136.0250 | |
| taxpayer_n | OFTString | 4.9k | BISSON/PETER & MAURINE/LT, BISSON/PETER & MAURINE/LT, ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY | |
| taxpayer_a | OFTString | 228 | CHRISTIAN-CARLSON, TAX DEPARTMENT 1ST FLOOR, TAX DEPARTMENT 1ST FLOOR | |
| taxpayer_1 | OFTString | 4.0k | 5904 W YUKON TRAIL, 5904 W YUKON TRAIL, 415 HIAWATHA AVE S | |
| taxpayer_2 | OFTString | 109 | PO BOX 36, PO BOX 403, PO BOX 103 | |
| taxpayer_c | OFTString | 307 | SIOUX FALLS, SIOUX FALLS, PIPESTONE | |
| taxpayer_s | OFTString | 38 | SD, SD, MN | |
| taxpayer_z | OFTReal | 342 | 57107.0, 57107.0, 56164.0 | |
| taxpayer_3 | OFTInteger | 101 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| physical_a | OFTString | 4.6k | 111 20TH AVE, 146 ST HWY 269, 170 ST HWY 269 | |
| town | OFTReal | 5 | 105.0, 105.0, 105.0 | |
| rng | OFTReal | 6 | 47.0, 47.0, 47.0 | |
| sect | OFTReal | 38 | 25.0, 25.0, 36.0 | |
| city_twp_n | OFTReal | 21 | 4.0, 4.0, 4.0 | |
| plat_numbe | OFTReal | 91 | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| plat_name | OFTString | 127 | SMITH'S FIRST ADD, SMITH'S FIRST ADD, SMITH'S FIRST ADD | |
| lot | OFTReal | 11 | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| block | OFTReal | 10 | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| school_dis | OFTReal | 4 | 2689.0, 2689.0, 2689.0 | |
| owner_name | OFTString | 4.9k | BISSON/PETER & MAURINE/LT, BISSON/PETER & MAURINE/LT, ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY | |
| owner_addr | OFTString | 12 | (ON MARY FACILE'S 1/2 INT), WALTER A TOFTELAND, & E MICHAELSON | |
| owner_ad_1 | OFTString | 256 | 7900 E ARROWHEAD PKWY APT 107, 409 THOMPSON AVE S, 211 MAIN AVE N | |
| owner_ad_2 | OFTString | 5 | BOX 474, PO BOX 424, PO BOX 424 | |
| owner_city | OFTString | 57 | SIOUX FALLS, SIOUX FALLS, JASPER | |
| owner_stat | OFTString | 12 | SD, SD, MN | |
| owner_zip | OFTReal | 60 | 57110.0, 57103.0, 56144.0 | |
| legal | OFTString | 8.1k | 160.00 AC S1/2 S1/2 D160, 160.00 AC N1/2 S1/2 D161, 72.00 AC W 36 RDS OF W1/2 D166 | |
| deeded_acr | OFTReal | 2.2k | 160.0, 160.0, 5.16 | |
| classifica | OFTString | 47 | 101 - AGRICULTURE, 101 - AGRICULTURE, 912 - Other | |
| homestead_ | OFTString | 3 | Non Homestead, Non Homestead, Non Homestead | |
| classifi_1 | OFTString | 27 | 973 - Other, 101 - AGRICULTURE, 101 - AGRICULTURE | |
| homestea_1 | OFTString | 3 | Non Homestead, Homestead, Homestead | |
| classifi_2 | OFTString | 12 | 973 - Other, 204 - 1 TO 3 UNIT DWELLING, 975 - Other | |
| homestea_2 | OFTString | 3 | Non Homestead, Non Homestead, Non Homestead | |
| till_acres | OFTReal | 1.9k | 153.7, 159.0, 0.0 | |
| emv_till | OFTInteger | 2.5k | 1406400, 1433000, 0 | |
| emv_land | OFTInteger | 3.3k | 1444000, 1433000, 61900 | |
| emv_bldg | OFTInteger | 2.4k | 144000, 49700, 0 | |
| emv_total | OFTInteger | 4.6k | 1588000, 1482700, 61900 | |
| starea() | OFTReal | 8.1k | 6928770.11647415, 6928147.81261444, 224858.832126617 | |
| stlength() | OFTReal | 8.1k | 13208.6900598234, 13206.7139549727, 1897.50024767788 |
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.