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City Jurisdiction Code Lookup Table for King County Washington
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Summary
Lookup table from city jurisdiction codes to common city names and URLs for main city web page.
Description
Lookup table from city jurisdiction codes to common city names and URLs for main city web page.
This table is used to populate the cityname field in the CITY_KC_AREA feature class.
Useful to decode the common city name of the two letter jurisdiction code used in multiple King County data sources.
Also includes web page addresses for the main page of each city.
Historically both 'NC' and 'NE' have been used for Newcastle so both are present in the lookup table.
Layer information
| Layer Name | city_lut |
| Subject Category | Administrative |
| Title | City Jurisdiction Code Lookup Table for King County Washington |
| Feature Count | 42 |
| Feature Type | Table |
| Next Update | None planned |
| Spatial reference | None |
| Control ID | 509 |
| Place Keywords | Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington State |
| Theme Keywords | City |
| Supplemental Information |
None |
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Attribute information
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OBJECTID
From ESRI |
Description
Internal feature number. DomainSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
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JURIS
From DDES |
Description
2-letter jurisdiction code DomainNot Found |
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CITYNAME
From DDES |
Description
full city name DomainNot Found |
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CITYURL
From KCGIS Software Engineering research |
Description
URL for main city web page as of September 2025 DomainNot Found |
Contact information
| Maintained by | DLS - Permitting |
| Primary |
Paul McCombs
paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov |
Terms of Use
| License | Terms of use and copyright |
Use this Data
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Links
How to use in ArcGIS Pro |
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| Sharing Status | Public |
Summary
Lookup table from city jurisdiction codes to common city names and URLs for main city web page.
Description
Lookup table from city jurisdiction codes to common city names and URLs for main city web page.
This table is used to populate the cityname field in the CITY_KC_AREA feature class.
Useful to decode the common city name of the two letter jurisdiction code used in multiple King County data sources.
Also includes web page addresses for the main page of each city.
Historically both 'NC' and 'NE' have been used for Newcastle so both are present in the lookup table.
Contact information
| Maintained by | DLS - Permitting |
| Primary |
Paul McCombs
paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov |
Terms of use and copyright
| License | Terms of use and copyright |
Change history
| 9/24/2025 |
Reviewed all URLs and updated several to match the results of redirects as of September 24th, 2025. | IS | https://www.issaquahwa.gov/ | | NE | https://www.newcastlewa.gov/ | | NC | https://www.newcastlewa.gov/ | | RN | https://www.rentonwa.gov/ | | BD | https://www.blackdiamondwa.gov/ | | BO | https://www.bothellwa.gov/ | |
| 7/23/2020 |
Add web site URLs to a new field named CITYURL | Algona | https://www.algonawa.gov/ | | Auburn | https://www.auburnwa.gov/ | | Beaux Arts | https://www.beauxarts-wa.gov/ | | Bellevue | https://bellevuewa.gov/ | | Black Diamond | http://www.ci.blackdiamond.wa.us/ | | Bothell | http://www.ci.bothell.wa.us/ | | Burien | https://www.burienwa.gov/ | | Carnation | https://www.carnationwa.gov/ | | Clyde Hill | https://www.clydehill.org/ | | Covington | https://www.covingtonwa.gov/ | | Des Moines | https://www.desmoineswa.gov/ | | Duvall | https://www.duvallwa.gov/ | | Enumclaw | https://cityofenumclaw.net/ | | Federal Way | https://www.cityoffederalway.com/ | | Hunts Point | https://huntspoint-wa.gov/ | | Issaquah | https://issaquahwa.gov/ | | Kenmore | https://www.kenmorewa.gov/ | | Kent | https://www.kentwa.gov/ | | King County | https://www.kingcounty.gov/ | | Kirkland | https://www.kirklandwa.gov/ | | Lake Forest Park | https://www.cityoflfp.com/ | | Maple Valley | https://www.maplevalleywa.gov/ | | Medina | https://www.medina-wa.gov/ | | Mercer Island | https://www.mercerisland.gov/ | | Milton | https://www.cityofmilton.net/ | | Newcastle | http://newcastlewa.gov/ | | Normandy Park | https://normandyparkwa.gov/ | | North Bend | https://northbendwa.gov/ | | Pacific | https://www.pacificwa.gov/ | | Redmond | https://www.redmond.gov/ | | Renton | https://rentonwa.gov/ | | Sammamish | https://www.sammamish.us/ | | SeaTac | https://www.seatacwa.gov/ | | Seattle | https://www.seattle.gov/ | | Shoreline | https://www.shorelinewa.gov/ | | Skykomish | https://skykomishwa.gov/ | | Snoqualmie | https://www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us/ | | Tukwila | https://www.tukwilawa.gov/ | | Woodinville | https://www.ci.woodinville.wa.us/ | | Yarrow Point | https://yarrowpointwa.gov/ | |
| Update 3 |
migrate to SDE and create metadata |