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Parcels receiving a tax incentive for maintining use of property for the growth and harvest of timber for commercial purposes.

The majority of parcels have the entire area enrolled but this also includes parcels with areas excluded.

The Washington State Open Space Taxation Act allows properties to be valued at their current use rather than their highest and best use.

This dataset includes parcels assessed for current use as Forest Land primarily devoted to the growth and harvest of timber.

This program is administered by the King County Assessor's Office.

Layer Name	cut_forest_area
Subject Category	Natural Resources
Title	Forest Current Use Parcels
Feature Count	2451
Feature Type	Polygon
Next Update	Annually
Spatial reference	EPSG:2926
Control ID	1982
Place Keywords	Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington State
Theme Keywords	Natres
Supplemental Information	None

OBJECTID From ESRI	Description Internal feature number. Domain Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
PIN From King County	Description Parcel Identification Number Domain Not Found
GIS_Acres From King County	Description Parcel Acres as calculated by GIS Domain 0.02412787 to 1072.46458276 by
Shape From King County	Description Feature geometry. Domain Coordinates defining the features.
AmtInProg From From KC Assessor's Office, if parcel has excluded areas or not	Description Indicates if all of the parcel or only a portion are enrolled in the Current Use Forest program. Domain Not Found
Shape.STArea() From SQL Server	Description Returns the area of a geometry instance in square units, based on the spatial reference identifier (SRID) of the geometry. Domain Double
Shape.STLength() From SQL Server	Description Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance. Domain Double

Maintained by	DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary	Harkeerat Kang Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov

License	Terms of use and copyright

Links How to use in ArcGIS Pro
Sharing Status	Public

Parcels receiving a tax incentive for maintining use of property for the growth and harvest of timber for commercial purposes.

The majority of parcels have the entire area enrolled but this also includes parcels with areas excluded.

The Washington State Open Space Taxation Act allows properties to be valued at their current use rather than their highest and best use.

This dataset includes parcels assessed for current use as Forest Land primarily devoted to the growth and harvest of timber.

This program is administered by the King County Assessor's Office.

Maintained by	DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary	Harkeerat Kang Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov

License	Terms of use and copyright

10/11/2013	Updated to delete one parcel no longer in program, primary data source still from Oct 2012
Update 2	Created using parcel numbers provided by program managers for properties with no exlusions and with exclusions.