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Skamania County Quality Assurance / Quality Control Summary Information

Parcel Data Status

Status
Statewide Parcel Participator: yes
Assessor Office URL: http://www.skamaniacounty.org/assessor.htm
Has GIS:
GIS Dept URL:
http://www.skamaniacounty.org/assessor/assessor/gis-information/
Has IMS:
IMS URL:
http://skamaniawa.mapsifter.com/Disclaimer.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx
Requires License:
License File:
Requires Request:
Request File:
Requires Fee:
Fee:
Acquire Method: Sent initial e-mail to Assessor and then spoke over the phone. After talking about the project in a bit more detail, the Assessor uploaded two excel spreadsheets containing the assessor-related tabular data.
Last Updated: 2025-06-24 23:22:30
Primary Assessment Contact
Name: Gabe Spencer
Position: Assessor
Organization: Skamania County Assessor's Office
Address: P.O. Box 790
City, St, Zip: Stevenson, WA 98648
Phone: (509) 427-3720
Fax: (509) 427-3728
Email: spencer@co.skamania.wa.us
Contact Last Updated: 2012-08-09 11:03:06
Primary GIS Contact
Name: Rick Hollatz
Position: GIS Coordinator
Organization: Skamania County Department of Assessments
Address: P.O. Box 790
City, St, Zip: Stevenson, WA 98648
Phone: (509) 427-3725
Fax:
Email: rhollatz@co.skamania.wa.us
Contact Last Updated: 2008-08-18 16:53:56

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 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 (PRCELS: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):


Data Normalization, Integration and Quality Control Notes

Integration Date: 2012-04-20
Integration Notes: 2010 Skamania data was provided in a shapefile, 2012 data provided in a file geodatabase. 2010 field FID renamed to OBJECTID.

2010 fields: TOWN, RANGE, RANGEPART, SECTION, QTR, and QTRQTR are not present in the 2012 data.

Fields: ParcelType, TMBLND_VAL, Shape_Length, Shape_Area are new in 2012.
QAQC Date: 2012-07-24
QAQC Notes: PolyID=430000007834; ProcessParcelAggregated=3; confirmed 3 polygons in source data (Parcel) witht he same source parcel id (PARCEL_ID=020720422222200). Parcel aggregated correctly.

NameID=430000000762; ProcessNameFlattened=3; confirmed 3 redundant records in source data (Parcel) for STONE LAND AND TIMBER LLC; PARCEL_ID's: 02053420040000, 02050000780200, 02052700150000. Names flattened correctly.


Tables

Name Notes
Parcel publication date in file name and metadata

Attribute Normalization

Table Name Attribute Common Field Normalized Field Normalization Process
Parcel ARCH_TYPE Structure_Building_Description Description Direct
Parcel BASMT_AREA Structure_Basement_Square_Feet SquareFeetBasement Direct
Parcel BK_PG Source_Document SourceDocumentReference Concatenate: BK_PG, MAP_NUM
Parcel CREATEDT Create_Date SourceCreationDate Direct
Parcel CRPMRK_VAL Market_Value_Crop MarketValueCrop Direct
Parcel CRPUSE_VAL Taxable_Value_Crop_Land TaxableValueCrop Direct
Parcel CURNT_OWN Owner_Name Name.Name Direct
Parcel DEED_AC Acres_Tabular TabularAcres Direct
Parcel DOR_CODE Land_Use_Code StateLandUseCode FME Substring Extract (0,1)
Parcel EXMPT_AMT Tax_Status TaxStatus Concatenate: EXMPT_CODE, EXMPT_AMT, PROP_CLASS, PROP_TYPE
Parcel EXMPT_CODE Tax_Status TaxStatus Concatenate: EXMPT_CODE, EXMPT_AMT, PROP_CLASS, PROP_TYPE
Parcel FLOOR_AREA Structure_Square_Feet_Total SquareFeetTotal Direct
Parcel GARAG_AREA Structure_Garage_Square_Feet SquareFeetGarage Direct
Parcel IMPMRK_VAL Market_Value_Improvements MarketValueImprovements Direct
Parcel IMPUSE_VAL Taxable_Value_Improvements TaxableValueImprovements Direct
Parcel LASTUPDT Edit_Update_Date SourceRevisionDate Direct
Parcel LEGAL_DESC Legal_Description LegalDescription Direct
Parcel LNDMRK_VAL Market_Value_Land MarketValueLand Direct
Parcel LNDUSE_VAL Taxable_Value_Land TaxableValueLand Direct
Parcel MAILADD1 Owner_Address_1 AddressLine1 Direct
Parcel MAILADD2 Owner_Address_2 AddressLine2 Direct
Parcel MAILADD3 Owner_Address_City_State AddressState FME Substring Extract (-2,-1)
Parcel MAILADD3 Owner_Address_City_State AddressCity FME Substring Extract (0,-3)
Parcel MAP_NUM Map_Number SourceDocumentReference Concatenate: BK_PG, MAP_NUM
Parcel OWNER_ID Owner_Code NameCD Direct
Parcel PARCEL_ID Parcel_ID SourceParcelID Direct
Parcel PARCEL_ID Parcel_ID AssessorURL Concatenate: 'http://skamaniawa.taxsifter.com/taxsifter/t-assessor.asp?pid=', PARCEL_ID
Parcel PROP_CLASS Tax_Status TaxStatus Concatenate: EXMPT_CODE, EXMPT_AMT, PROP_CLASS, PROP_TYPE
Parcel PROP_TYPE Tax_Status TaxStatus Concatenate: EXMPT_CODE, EXMPT_AMT, PROP_CLASS, PROP_TYPE
Parcel SITUS Parcel_Address_Street SiteAddressFull Direct
Parcel SITUS Parcel_Address_Street SiteAddressNumber split SITUS on '\'. If first value is number trim off leading 0's and insert, otherwise leave blank.
Parcel SITUS Parcel_Address_Street SiteAddressStreetFullName split SITUS on '\'. Take second value and insert.
Parcel TAX_DIST Tax_Code_Area TaxCodeArea Direct
Parcel TMBLND_VAL Timber_Land_Value TaxableValueTimberLand Direct
Parcel TOTMRK_VAL Market_Value_Total MarketValueTotal Direct
Parcel TOTUSE_VAL Taxable_Value_Total TaxableValueTotal Direct
Parcel YR_BUILT Structure_Year_Built YearBuilt Direct
Parcel ZIPCODE Owner_Address_Zip AddressZip Direct

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