36 attribute fields, profiled from the September 2019 vintage.
Columns in Kanawha County
| Field | Type | Filled | Distinct | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGC_FID | OFTInteger64 | 50.0k | 1, 2, 3 | |
| OBJECTID | OFTInteger64 | 50.0k | 4081, 113231, 3617 | |
| DIST | OFTString | 34 | 03, 03, 03 | |
| MAP | OFTString | 398 | 80, 89, 93 | |
| PID | OFTString | 4.4k | 1, 1, 2 | |
| PARID | OFTString | 50.0k | 03 80000100000000, 03 89000100000000, 03 93000200000000 | |
| COMMENTS | OFTString | 1.1k | NO TOMINE CHURCH OF GOD, SENG CREEK TUNNEL, NO TOMINE CHURCH OF GOD | |
| ACCOUNT | OFTString | 50.0k | 06172651, 07143995, 07283432 | |
| PROP_LOCAT | OFTString | 50.0k | 166 GIBSON DR, 17203 CABIN CREEK RD, RT 79 | |
| OWNER_1 | OFTString | 50.0k | SHONK LAND CO LLC, SIDNEY POLAN LLC &, BLACK KING MINE DEVELOPMENT CO | |
| OWNER_2 | OFTString | 20.5k | AZEL GROUP LTD LLC & ETAL, AZEL GROUP LTD LLC & ETAL, AZEL GROUP LTD LLC & ETAL | |
| IN_CARE_OF | OFTString | 3.2k | C/O RYAN, C/O DB MINING SERVICES LLC, C/O DB MINING SERVICES LLC | |
| STREET_ADD | OFTString | 50.0k | PO BOX 969, 139 LAMPLIGHTER DR, PO BOX 262 | |
| CITY_STATE | OFTString | 3.8k | CHARLESTON WV 25324, MORGANTOWN WV 26508, JULIAN WV 25529 | |
| DEED_BOOK | OFTString | 3.8k | 2516, 2988, 2298 | |
| DEED_PAGE | OFTString | 1.3k | 773, 669, 816 | |
| LAST_SALES | OFTString | 5.0k | 71262720, 14804640, 82563840 | |
| SALE_PRICE | OFTReal | 6.4k | 17430.0, 900.0, 5000.0 | |
| LEGAL_DISC | OFTString | 50.0k | 2805A SURF & 4519.40/100A, 2946-31/100 AC M/LWATERSCABIN, 9-430/1000A M/L SURF | |
| LEGAL_D_01 | OFTString | 50.0k | M/L MIN CABIN CK C M5-14, CREEK KAYFORD AND UNITED, WATERS CABIN CREEK TR 8 | |
| LEGAL_D_02 | OFTString | 4.3k | C/M 6-1, C/M 6-1, C/M 6-1 | |
| TAX_CLASS | OFTReal | 3 | 3.0, 3.0, 3.0 | |
| TAX_YEAR | OFTReal | 2 | 2019.0, 2019.0, 2019.0 | |
| APPRAISED_ | OFTReal | 3.0k | 1147000.0, 466700.0, 8900.0 | |
| APPRAIS_01 | OFTReal | 6.4k | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| APPRAIS_02 | OFTReal | 531 | 11963700.0, 1542583.333333, 50.0 | |
| TOTAL_APPR | OFTReal | 7.5k | 1147000.0, 466700.0, 8900.0 | |
| LONGITUDE | OFTString | 50.0k | 81° 27' 24.276" W, 81° 26' 19.269" W, 81° 26' 50.950" W | |
| LATITUDE | OFTString | 50.0k | 38° 2' 39.830" N, 37° 59' 54.852" N, 37° 58' 32.915" N | |
| LAND_USE | OFTString | 142 | 300, 300, 300 | |
| NBHD | OFTString | 454 | 820I, 820I, 030C | |
| LONG_LAT | OFTString | 50.0k | 38° 2' 39.830" N,81° 27' 24.276" W, 37° 59' 54.852" N,81° 26' 19.269" W, 37° 58' 32.915" N,81° 26' 50.950" W | |
| MAP_BOOK_A | OFTString | 2.4k | MB 79 PG 075, MB 79 PG 058, MB 49 PG 089 | |
| MAP_CARD_F | OFTString | 50.0k | 25/0017/25-0017-0089-0000-0000-01.jpg | |
| MAP_CARD_B | OFTString | 50.0k | 25/0017/25-0017-0089-0000-0000-02.jpg | |
| PARCEL_SEA | OFTString | 50.0k | 03 80 1, 03 89 1, 03 93 2 |
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.