GIS Data Catalog

Internal feature number.

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Parcel ID Number from the King County Assessor for the parcel within which the building exists. If this field is <null>, that indicates that the building is in the public right-of-way.

The parcel ID number uses 10-digit numbers, often with leading zeros, to uniquely identify parcels in King County.

This field describes the type of building. Building type was determined by a combination of reviewing aerial imagery from multiple years, reviewing King County Assessor data, and consulting with subject matter experts and KC employees familiar with the area. In all cases, this is the best approximation of building use type.

Boathouse - Boathouse: Small structure immediately adjacent to shoreline with primary use of boating or other aquatic recreation.

Detached_garage - Detached Garage: garage structure that is detached from other structures and within which another dominant use type cannot be confirmed.

MFR - Multi Family Residence: residential dwelling unit that shares walls with one or more other residential dwelling units.

Non-Residential - Non-Residential: commercial or other non-residential building type.

Res_accessory - Residential Accessory Structure: accessory dwelling unit (ADU) or other living space that is not the primary residence but appears to be occupied. Analysts used the presence of windows, skylights, vent stacks, and other features in the aerial and oblique imagery to assess the most likely possible building use type.

Shed - Shed: small storage building in which other use types cannot be confirmed.

Shed (less than or equal to 200 sq ft) - Shed (less than or equal to 200 sq ft): small storage building less than or equal to 200 sq ft.

Shed (> 200 sq ft) - Shed (> 200 sq ft): storage building greater than 200 sq ft.

SFR - Single Family Residence: detached dwelling unit that is the primary residence on a residential property.

Unclear_other - Unclear/other: retained building type for buildings which the use type was not able to be determined.

Unknown Med - Unknown Med. Sized Building: retained building type for buildings which the use type was not able to be determined, generally greater than 400 sq ft.

Unknown Small Sized Building - Unknown Small Sized Building: retained building type for buildings which the use type was not able to be determined, generally less than 400 sq ft.

This is a binary yes/no field indicating whether this building was present in the source dataset from 2012 that was based on 2009 imagery.

no - no: not present in the 2012 study

yes - yes: present in the 2012 study

This was the recorded footprint area for the building if it existed in the 2012 study based on 2009 imagery. If this field is <null>, then it indicates that the building did not exist in that dataset.

0.0 to 12503.9361961 by

This is a binary field indicating whether or not the building is visible in the 2023 aerial imagery. This can refer to either the top down orthoimagery or the oblique-view imagery.

no - no: not visible in 2023 imagery

yes - yes: visible in 2023 imagery

This is a binary yes/no field indicating whether the given feature was missed in the 2012 study based on 2009 imagery.

no - no: this building was not missed in the 2012 data based on 2009 imagery

yes - yes: this building existed in 2009 but was not included in the 2012 dataset, therefor was missed in that study.

This is binary yes/no field to indicate whether or not the building had an increase in footprint area between 2009 and 2023, as evidenced in the aerial imagery.

no - no: there was no increase in building footprint area

yes - yes: there was an increase in building footprint area

This field indicates the direction of change between 2009 and 2023. In this case, improvement = decrease in footprint area and degradation = increase in footprint area.

degradation - Degradation: there has been an increase in footprint area, or a building has been built where one did not exist before.

improvement - Improvement: there has been a decrease in footprint area, or a building has been completely demolished.

no_change - No Change: there has been no change in footprint area.

This is the square feet footprint area of the structure in this dataset.

0.0 to 12503.9361963 by

This field was used throughout the editing process to track the status of feature geometry review and edits.

removal_bad digitization - flag for removal - bad digitization: The feature was wrongly digitized and included in the 2012 study and has been flagged for removal in this dataset.

mod_previous error - footprint modified - previous error: This feature was incorrectly digitized in the 2012 data and has been modified.

mod_structure change - footprint modified - structure change: There has been a change in footprint area due to a modification of the structure.

needs_review - needs review: flagged status for review by editor team.

newly built - newly built: this structure didn't exist in 2009 and has been built between 2009-2023.

newly digitized - newly digitized: this structure existed in 2009, but was missed in the 2012 dataset, and has been digitized for inclusion in this dataset.

no_change_required - no change required: this building was unchanged between 2009-2023

no_longer_exists - no longer exists: this building no longer exists. Note: this feature remains in the dataset in order to track buildings that have been physically removed.

Binary yes/no field to indicate if the building intersects with the Coast High Hazard Area (FEMA High Risk Flood Areas/100-yr Floodplains).

no - no: does not intersect with the coastal high hazard area

yes - yes: does intersect with the coastal high hazard area

Percent of the building that intersects the Coastal High Hazard Area (FEMA High Risk Flood Areas)

0.0 to 1.0000001 by

Binary yes/no field to indicate if the building intersects with the sea-level rise risk area.

no - no: the building does not intersect with the SLR risk area

yes - yes: the building does intersect with the SLR risk area

Percent of the building that intersects the sea-level rise risk area.

0.0 to 1.00000049 by

Year built as determined by the King County Assessor database. Generally, this was only able to be determined for primary structures on a given parcel.

1900.0 to 2023.0 by

This is a general notes field to capture information relevant to the structure or to the editor teams classification of building type.

This is a simple notes field of up to 256 characters.

This is the effective year built as determined by the King County Assessor database. Generally, this was only able to be determined for primary structures on a given parcel.

1944.0 to 2023.0 by

This is binary yes/no field to indicate whether or not the building is within a shoreline parcel. For the purpose of this study, a shoreline parcel is defined as any parcel that intersects the Shoreline Master Program shoreline area.

no - no: the parent parcel does not intersect the SMP shoreline area

yes - yes: the parent parcel does intersect the SMP shoreline area

An ID field automatically generated by ArcGIS Enterprise during the editing process.

UNREPRESENTED DOMAIN

Feature geometry.

Coordinates defining the features.

Feature area in square feet.

Shape area

Feature perimeter length in linear feet.

Shape perimeter