The University of Washington Geographic Information Service
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King County Parcel Data Summary Information

Parcel Data Status

Status
Statewide Parcel Participator: yes
Assessor Office URL: http://www.kingcounty.gov/assessor.aspx
Has GIS:
GIS Dept URL:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/GIS.aspx
Has IMS:
IMS URL:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/GIS/Maps.aspx
Requires License:
License File:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/disclosures.aspx
Requires Request:
Request File:
CDROM Request Form Email 20150429.doc
Requires Fee:
Fee:
25
Acquire Method: After sending initial e-mail request, spoke with Stan Roe, Executive Assistant in the King County Assessor's office. He e-mailed us the license agreement and data request files, which we filled out and returned to King County, signed and notarized, along with the $25 fee. We were then given a password and log-in to download the assessor's tabular data from an FTP site. We acquired the GIS data from the UW Library. Need to ask Todd Klinka for current use parcels.
Last Updated: 2019-10-09 17:22:44
Primary Assessment Contact
Name: Lloyd Hara
Position: Assessor
Organization: Department of Assessments (DOA)
Address: 500 Fourth Avenue, Suite ADM-AS-0708
City, St, Zip: Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-296-5193
Fax: 206-295-0595
Email: Assessor.Info@KingCounty.Gov
Contact Last Updated: 2012-08-09 10:56:58
Primary GIS Contact
Name: Greg Stought
Position:
Organization: King County GIS Center
Address: 201 South Jackson Street, MS: KSC-NR-0706
City, St, Zip: Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 263-4868
Fax:
Email: gregory.stought@kingcounty.gov
Contact Last Updated: 2008-06-26 17:43:04

Database Schema

The normalized Statewide Parcel Database consists of multiple related tables, relationship classes and lookup tables. Detailed information about the database schema can be found on the technical documentation page.

QA/QC

Introduction

QA/QC Process Description

QA/QC Procedure Descriptions

The following five Procedures were performed in this order on the data for each county.
  1. Removing Duplicate Parcels (PARCELS:DUPLICATE): There are two or more polygons representing a single parcel in the original data.  They have the same geometry and identical attribute information.  These are assumed to be multiple copies of the same parcel, and so duplicates are removed leaving a single polygon, and single set of attribute information in the final database.  This flag tells how many duplicates of the parcel were in the original data.
  2. Flattening Stacked Parcels (PARCELS:FLATTENED): There are two or more polygons representing a parcel in the original data, however, while sharing the same geometry, they have different attributes.  These are assumed to be multiple owners for the same parcel.  The polygon only needs to be in the final database a single time, but all original attribute information for the different owners needs to be retained.  This flag tells how many stacked polygons there were in the original data for each parcel.
  3. Creating Multipart Parcels (PARCELS:AGGREGATED): There are two or more polygons in the original data with different geometries but, identical attribute information.  It is assumed that these parcels are all owned by the same owner.  The original polygons are all retained as a single, multipart polygon, but duplicate versions of the attributes are removed.  Only a single copy of the attribute information is needed in the final database.  This flag tells how many parcels were aggregated into each multipart polygon.
  4. Removing Duplicate Taxrolls (TAXROLL:FLATTENED): Two or more parcels in a county have identical taxroll attributes. These attributes only need to be in the final database a single time. This flag records how many of the original parcels shared each set of taxroll attributes.
  5. Removing Duplicate Names (NAMES:FLATTENED): Two or more parcels in a county have the same name attributes in the original data. These attributes only need to be in the final database a single time. This flag records how many of the original parcels shared each set of name attributes.

Parcel Data Documentation (select a normalization date):


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