42 attribute fields, profiled from the March 2022 vintage.
Columns in Chowan County
| Field | Type | Filled | Distinct | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| objectid | OFTInteger | 12.8k | 11086, 11196, 11201 | |
| fcode | OFTString | 3 | PARCEL, PARCEL, PARCEL | |
| pin | OFTString | 12.6k | 781300481713, 781301285496, 781301184407 | |
| neighborho | OFTString | 131 | 001, 107, 107 | |
| neighbor_1 | OFTString | 152 | Edenton, Edenton Bay Plantation Residential, Edenton Bay Plantation Residential | |
| township_c | OFTString | 5 | 001, 001, 001 | |
| township_n | OFTString | 4 | Edenton, Edenton, Edenton | |
| pin_1 | OFTString | 12.6k | 781300481713, 781301285496, 781301184407 | |
| acct_num | OFTReal | 7.9k | 46708.0, 49447.0, 50278.0 | |
| owner1 | OFTString | 7.6k | PRUDEN, MARK D - DET LE, DEYSHER, DANIEL M, CAUSEY, MARY I | |
| owner2 | OFTString | 4.0k | PRUDEN, BETTY DIXON - DET LE, DERVISH, JILL, DOYLE, MARY E - TR | |
| prop_desc | OFTString | 10.0k | SPRUILL-GREGORY, LOT 91, EDENTON BAY PLANTATION, LOT 71, EDENTON BAY PLANTATION | |
| situs_addr | OFTString | 11.9k | 400 SOUNDSIDE RD, 111 DEER PATH TRL, 116 LAKE WOOD DR | |
| twp_name | OFTString | 4 | EDENTON, EDENTON, EDENTON | |
| taxcde | OFTString | 5 | G01||F01, G01||F01, G01||F01 | |
| acres | OFTReal | 2.6k | 55.15, 1.25, 0.69 | |
| land_val | OFTInteger | 1 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| bldg_val | OFTInteger | 1 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| def_val | OFTInteger | 1 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| tot_val | OFTInteger | 1 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| date_rec | OFTString | 5.5k | 2015-06-02, 2020-04-21, 2021-05-14 | |
| sale_price | OFTInteger | 1.0k | 0, 0, 35000 | |
| deed_bk_pg | OFTString | 10.0k | 475/901, 526/118, 541/875 | |
| sale_dt | OFTInteger | 5.5k | 20150602, 20200421, 20210514 | |
| zoning_cde | OFTString | 35 | A1, R15, R15 | |
| subdivisio | OFTString | 64 | EDENTON BAY PLANTATION, EDENTON BAY PLANTATION, EDENTON BAY PLANTATION | |
| prc | OFTString | 12.6k | ||
| print_ | OFTString | 12.6k | http://apps.agdmaps.com/print/nc/chowan/index.html?PIN=, http://apps.agdmaps.com/print/nc/chowan/index.html?PIN=, http://apps.agdmaps.com/print/nc/chowan/index.html?PIN= | |
| obxf_val | OFTInteger | 1 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| mailaddres | OFTString | 6.8k | 146 OAK GROVE RD, 111 DEER PATH TRL, 4329 FIELD OAK DR | |
| mailaddr_1 | OFTString | 358 | CASTLE HILL, 220 HERITAGE POINT DR, PO BOX 1030 | |
| mailcity | OFTString | 877 | EDENTON, EDENTON, WAKE FOREST | |
| mailstate | OFTString | 49 | NC, NC, NC | |
| mailzipcod | OFTInteger | 1.2k | 27932, 27932, 27587 | |
| platbook | OFTString | 501 | DB 378, 0PC 1, 0PC 1 | |
| platpage | OFTString | 2.1k | 00735, 178(A-D), 178(A-D) | |
| platdate | OFTString | 827 | 11/23/1999 12:00:00 AM, 11/23/1999 12:00:00 AM, 11/23/1999 12:00:00 AM | |
| group_ | OFTInteger | 1 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| propertyre | OFTInteger | 12.6k | 1873129, 1836599, 1823192 | |
| taxyear | OFTInteger | 2 | 2022, 2022, 2022 | |
| shape__are | OFTReal | 12.8k | 2402366.715088, 55591.124268, 29792.053467 | |
| shape__len | OFTReal | 12.8k | 8428.869345, 1003.871443, 801.203879 |
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.