70 attribute fields, profiled from the March 2022 vintage.
Columns in Forest County
| Field | Type | Filled | Distinct | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dist | OFTInteger | 10 | 11, 11, 11 | |
| parcel | OFTString | 11.3k | 11-02 -148-00, 11-02 -149-00, 11-02 -150-00 | |
| usfs_land_ | OFTInteger | 277 | 0, 0, 0 | |
| wvs_commen | OFTString | 373 | Combine 118-00 & 132-00, Combine 138-00 & 134-00, VERIFY LOCATION ? | |
| editor | OFTString | 88 | WVS\erik@LYNCHBURG, WVS\erik@LYNCHBURG, WVS\cory@CLARION | |
| datemodify | OFTString | 356 | 2008-12-11, 2008-12-11, 2009-02-19 | |
| link_statu | OFTString | 3 | LINKED, LINKED, LINKED | |
| map | OFTString | 303 | 11-02, 11-02, 11-02 | |
| lot | OFTString | 742 | 148, 149, 150 | |
| shape_leng | OFTReal | 11.2k | 1521.6813, 10168.552333, 1009.79218 | |
| map_1 | OFTString | 6.4k | 02 -148-00, 02 -149-00, 02 -150-00 | |
| formersale | OFTString | 5.2k | 2008-11-12, 1981-06-04, 1984-09-13 | |
| edit_date | OFTString | 5 | 2015-08-28, 2015-08-28, 1899-12-30 | |
| edit_comm | OFTString | 4 | MCK - Combine 130-00 & 132-00, MINOR SUBDIVISION FOR LAMBERTO, MINOR SUBDIVISION FOR LAMBERTO | |
| calc_acres | OFTReal | 2.2k | 1.61, 82.02, 1.36 | |
| parcel_1 | OFTString | 11.3k | 11-02 -148-00, 11-02 -149-00, 11-02 -150-00 | |
| dist_1 | OFTReal | 10 | 11.0, 11.0, 11.0 | |
| control_no | OFTString | 11.3k | 11-01099, 11-00203, 11-00204 | |
| owner1 | OFTString | 9.1k | COMMONWEALTH OF PENNA, COOK ANTHONY EATON, CULBERTSON EDWARD T | |
| addr1 | OFTString | 8.2k | LAND RECORDS SECTION, PO BOX 118, 6643 BAYOU GRANDE BLVD NE | |
| addr2 | OFTString | 867 | PO BOX 8451, 215 JOHNS DR, 1554 CEMETARY RD | |
| city | OFTString | 1.2k | HARRISBURG, COOKSBURG, ST PETERSBURG | |
| st | OFTString | 42 | PA, PA, FL | |
| zip | OFTReal | 1.3k | 17105.0, 16217.0, 33702.0 | |
| prop_use | OFTString | 16 | E, R, S | |
| legal | OFTString | 3.3k | LOT HOUSE GARAGE, HOUSES BARN SHED GARAGE, LOT COTTAGE | |
| acres | OFTReal | 3.0k | 1.7, 83.5, 1.16 | |
| date_of_sa | OFTString | 1.4k | 2016-03-30, 2018-05-30, 2017-11-02 | |
| considerat | OFTReal | 515 | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| grantor | OFTString | 2.0k | MCMURRAY MICHAEL J ET UX, COOK HARRY R ET UX, COOK DONALD A ET UX | |
| book | OFTReal | 242 | 255.0, 126.0, 283.0 | |
| page | OFTReal | 1.1k | 221.0, 817.0, 349.0 | |
| land_value | OFTReal | 800 | 3400.0, 10400.0, 1160.0 | |
| bldg_value | OFTReal | 2.1k | 34960.0, 32510.0, 10890.0 | |
| total_valu | OFTReal | 2.5k | 38360.0, 42910.0, 12050.0 | |
| situs | OFTString | 8.2k | 105 RIVER RD, 141 RIVER RD, 1148 CEMETERY RD | |
| tax_status | OFTString | 2 | E, T, T | |
| homestd_fa | OFTString | 2 | N, Y, N | |
| disabled_v | OFTString | 2 | N, N, N | |
| dist_name | OFTString | 9 | BARNETT TOWNSHIP, BARNETT TOWNSHIP, BARNETT TOWNSHIP | |
| shape_le_1 | OFTReal | 11.5k | 1521.6813, 10168.424987, 1009.780567 | |
| shape_area | OFTReal | 11.5k | 70076.373369, 3572671.618191, 59136.39754 | |
| map_12 | OFTString | 1.0k | 1980-02-14, 1990-02-14, 2000-02-15 | |
| tax_code | OFTReal | 10 | 1100.0, 1100.0, 1100.0 | |
| document_n | OFTReal | 1.7k | 0.0, 0.0, 201302830000.0 | |
| sale_docno | OFTReal | 1.0k | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| situs_hous | OFTReal | 3.3k | 105.0, 141.0, 1148.0 | |
| situs_ho_1 | OFTString | 1 | E | |
| situs_pred | OFTString | 4 | W, W, W | |
| situs_stre | OFTString | 794 | RIVER, RIVER, CEMETERY | |
| situs_st_1 | OFTString | 13 | RD, RD, RD | |
| situs_post | OFTString | — | ||
| objectid | OFTInteger | 11.2k | 269, 270, 271 | |
| objectid_1 | OFTInteger | 11.5k | 239, 240, 241 | |
| lot_dimens | OFTString | 5 | 100 FT X 300 FT, 100 x 106, 100 x 100 | |
| document_1 | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_boo | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_pag | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_nam | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_add | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_a_1 | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_cit | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_st | OFTString | — | ||
| owner2_zip | OFTString | — | ||
| mailto_nam | OFTString | — | ||
| mailto_add | OFTString | — | ||
| mailto_a_1 | OFTString | — | ||
| mailto_cit | OFTString | — | ||
| mailto_st | OFTString | — | ||
| mailto_zip | OFTString | — |
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.