37 attribute fields, profiled from the March 2022 vintage.
Columns in Northumberland County
| Field | Type | Filled | Distinct | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| objectid | OFTInteger | 50.0k | 1, 2, 4 | |
| name | OFTString | 48.7k | 029-00-108-007-M, 029-00-108-006, 029-00-108-005 | |
| type | OFTInteger | 1 | 7, 7, 7 | |
| objectid_1 | OFTInteger | 48.3k | 25590, 25577, 25576 | |
| pin | OFTString | 48.3k | 029-00-108-007-M, 029-00-108-006, 029-00-108-005 | |
| residency | OFTString | 2 | RESIDENT, RESIDENT, RESIDENT | |
| owner_name | OFTString | 37.1k | SWEIGARD JOHN H SR, KRATZER DENNIS P/JUDITH E, BRAY THOMAS L/JUNE E | |
| owner_addr | OFTString | 32.5k | 126 ST RTE 147, 109 LENTZ RD, 113 LENTZ RD | |
| owner_ad_1 | OFTString | 4.3k | DALMATIA PA 17017, DALMATIA PA 17017, DALMATIA PA 17017 | |
| owner_ad_2 | OFTString | 518 | WICINISCO PA 17097, DALMATIA PA 17017, DALMATIA PA 17017 | |
| owner_ad_3 | OFTString | 19 | HERNDON PA 17830, HERNDON PA 17830, HERNDON PA 17830 | |
| billing_na | OFTString | — | ||
| billing_ad | OFTString | — | ||
| billing__1 | OFTString | — | ||
| billing__2 | OFTString | — | ||
| billing__3 | OFTString | — | ||
| type_land_ | OFTString | 12 | R - RESIDENTIAL, R - RESIDENTIAL, R - RESIDENTIAL | |
| land_categ | OFTString | 13 | 1000 - RES. - 3 OR LESS LIVING UNITS, 1000 - RES. - 3 OR LESS LIVING UNITS, 1000 - RES. - 3 OR LESS LIVING UNITS | |
| location | OFTString | 41.0k | 126 ST RTE 147, 109 LENTZ RD, 113 LENTZ RD | |
| descriptio | OFTString | 18.7k | 1.709 AC, .43 AC, .21 AC | |
| descript_1 | OFTString | 131 | ISLAND, ISLAND, ISLAND | |
| land_asses | OFTString | 2.2k | 3320, 2000, 1410 | |
| bldg_asses | OFTString | 5.4k | 17830, 5450, 2690 | |
| total_asse | OFTString | 5.5k | 21150, 7450, 4100 | |
| deed_info1 | OFTString | 42.8k | 1196-588, 563-513, 553-597 | |
| deed_info2 | OFTString | 1.6k | 1556-551, 535-921, 508-860 | |
| deed_info3 | OFTString | 125 | 1374-251, 549-533, 549-533 | |
| district | OFTString | 71 | 029 - LOWER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP, 029 - LOWER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP, 029 - LOWER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP | |
| school | OFTString | 8 | LIN - LINE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, LIN - LINE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, LIN - LINE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT | |
| deed_acres | OFTString | 4.1k | 1.7, 0.43, 0.21 | |
| shape_leng | OFTReal | 50.0k | 1305.861706, 617.674882, 460.665878 | |
| shape_area | OFTReal | 50.0k | 100294.450605, 19539.781452, 8398.193553 | |
| objectid_2 | OFTInteger | 48.3k | 43086, 22359, 4703 | |
| parcel_no | OFTString | 48.3k | 029-00-108-007-M, 029-00-108-006, 029-00-108-005 | |
| sale_date | OFTString | 7.1k | 01/10/2014, 03/04/2009, 08/15/2019 | |
| sale_price | OFTString | 3.0k | 1, 1, 1 | |
| clean___gr | OFTString | 1 | N, N, N |
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.