Canadian County Parcel Data (Public)

The Canadian County Parcel Data Public View is a set of geospatial features representing the surface ownership of property in fee simple for property tax purposes as required by [68 O.S. § 2821] and other related data used to produce the parcels such as subdivision boundaries and subdivision lots. The data is created from source documentation filed with the Canadian County Clerk's Office including deeds, easements, and plats. Other data sources such as filed Certified Corner Records filed with the State of Oklahoma or highway plans produced by the Department of Transportation may be used to adjust parcel boundaries. Single legal descriptions may be split up into two or more parcels if the description crosses the boundaries of multiple taxing jurisdictions or crosses quarter section boundaries. Accuracy of parcel data can vary considerably due to a combination of factors. Most parcels and subdivision legal descriptions reference a quarter section or quarter section corner. The accuracy of the quarter section corners is discussed with Canadian County's Public Land Survey System Data. Accuracy is further enhanced or degraded by the quality of the legal description used to create the feature. Generally, legal descriptions created from surveys will have higher accuracy the newer they were created due to improvements in the field of surveying. However, it can be difficult to determine the age of a legal description as descriptions are generally reused on subsequent deeds after the description was first created. Legal descriptions can occasionally contain updated bearings and distances and may denote the updates. The Assessor's Office uses the latest available legal description for creating parcels. Legal descriptions may lack specificity such as the use of "North" instead of a measured bearing or have missing parameters such as missing bearings for curved boundaries. In these cases, parcel data accuracy can be degraded. Further, if a legal description contains a specific landmark or boundary, sometimes called a "bound", the boundary is drawn to that point or landmark regardless of whether the bearing and/or distance accurately arrive at that point. For instance, if a legal description reads "...to the south line of the southeast quarter", the boundary is drawn to the south line of the quarter section even if the bearing and distance are short of or extend beyond that point. Because parcel data must be created for the entire county regardless of the accuracy of the descriptions used to create those parcels, parcels may need to be "stretched" or "squeezed" to make them fit together. When possible, the Assessor's Office relies on the most accurate legal descriptions to set the boundaries and then fits older boundaries to them. Due to the large number of variables, parcel data accuracy cannot be guaranteed nor can the level of accuracy be described for the entire dataset. While Canadian County makes every reasonable effort to make sure parcel data is accurate, this data cannot be used in place of a survey performed by an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Land Surveyor. ParcelDataExternal - Polygons representing surface fee simple title. This parcel data formatted and prepared for public use. Some fields may be blank to comply with [22 O.S. § 60.14] & [68 O.S. § 2899.1] Attributes: * Account (account): The unique identifier for parcel data generated by the appraisal software used by the Assessor's Office * "A" Number (a_number): An integer assigned in approximate chronological order to represent each parcel divided per quarter section * Parcel ID (parcel_id): Number used to identify parcels geographically, see [Parcel Data Export Appendix A] for an in-depth explanation. This identifier is not unique for all parcels * Parcel Size (parcel_size): Size of the parcels, must be used in conjunction with following units field * Parcel Size Units (parcel_size_units): Units for the size of the parcel. Can be "Acres" or "Lots" for parcels within subdivisions that are valued per lot * Owner's Name (owners_name): Name of the surface owner of the property in fee simple on record * Mailing Information (mail_info): Extra space for the owners name if needed or trustee names * Mailing Information 2 (mail_info2): Forwarded mail or "In care of" mailing information * Mailing Address (mail_address): Mailing address for the owner or forwarding mailing address * Mailing City (mail_city): Mailing or postal city * Mailing State (mail_state): Mailing state abbreviated to standard United States Postal Service codes * Mailing ZIP Code (mail_zip): Mailing ZIP code as determined by the United States Postal Service * Tax Area Code (tax_area): Integer numeric code representing an area in which all the taxing jurisdictions are the same. See [Parcel Data Appendix B] for a more detailed description of each tax area * Tax Area Description (tax_area_desc): Character string code representing the tax area. See [Parcel Data Appendix B] for a more detailed description of each tax area * Property Class (prop_class): The Assessor's Office classification of each parcel by rural (no city taxes) or urban (subject to city taxes) and exempt, residential, commercial, or agriculture. This classification system is for property appraisal purposes and does not reflect zoning classifications in use by municipalities. See [Parcel Data Appendix B] for a more detailed description of each property classification * Legal Description (legal): A highly abbreviated version of the legal description for each parcel. This legal description may not match the most recent legal description for any given property due to administrative divisions as described above, or changes made to the property by way of recorded instruments dividing smaller parcels from the original description. This description may NOT be used in place of a true legal description * Subdivision Code (subdiv_code): A numeric code representing a recorded subdivision plat which contains the parcel. This value will be "0" for any parcel not part of a recorded subdivision plat. * Subdivision Name (subdiv_name): The name of the recorded subdivision plat abbreviated as needed to adapt to appraisal software field limitations * Subdivision Block Number (subdiv_block): Numeric field representing the block number of a parcel. This value will be "0" if the parcel is not in a recorded subdivision plat or if the plat did not contain block numbers * Subdivision Lot Number (subdiv_lot): Numeric field representing the lot number of a parcel. This value will be "0" if the parcel is not in a recorded subdivision plat * Township Number (township): Numeric field representing the Public Land Survey System tier or township the parcel is located in. All townships or tiers in Canadian County are north of the base line of the Indian Meridian. * Range Number (range): Numeric field representing the Public Land Survey System range the parcel is located in. All Ranges in Canadian County are west of the Indian Meridian * Section Number (section): Numeric field representing the Public Land Survey System section number the parcel is located in * Quarter Section Code (quarter_sec): Numeric field with a code representing the quarter section a majority of the parcel is located in, 1 = Northeast Quarter, 2 = Northwest Quarter, 3 = Southwest Quarter, 4 = Southeast Quarter * Situs Address (situs): Address of the property itself if it is known * Situs City (situs_city): Name of the city the parcel is actually located in (regardless of the postal city) or "Unincorporated" if the parcel is outside any incorporated city limits * Situs ZIP Code (situs_zip): ZIP Code as determined by the United States Postal Service for the property itself if it is known * Land Value (land_val): Appraised value of the land encompassed by the parcel as determined by the Assessor's Office * Improvement Value (impr_val): Appraised value of the improvements (house, commercial building, etc.) on the property as determined by the Assessor's Office * Manufactured Home Value (mh_val): Appraised value of any manufactured homes on the property and owned by the same owner of the land as determined by the Assessor's Office * Total Value (total_val): Total appraised value for the property as determined by the Assessor's Office * Total Capped Value (cap_val): The capped value as required by [Article X, Section 8B of the Oklahoma Constitution] * Total Assessed Value (total_assess): The capped value multiplied by the assessment ratio of Canadian County, which is 12% of the capped value * Homestead Exempt Amount (hs_ex_amount): The amount exempt from the assessed value if a homestead exemption is in place * Other Exempt Value (other_ex_amount): The amount exempt from the assessed value if other exemptions are in place * Taxable Value (taxable_val): The amount taxes are calculated on which is the total assessed value minus all exemptions Subdivisions - Polygons representing a plat or subdivision filed with the County Clerk of Canadian County. Subdivision boundaries may be revised by vacations of the plat or subdivision or by replatting a portion or all of a subdivision. Therefore, subdivision boundaries may not match the boundaries as shown on the originally filed plat. Attributes: * Subdivision Name (subdivision_name): The name of the plat or subdivision * Subdivision Number (subdivision_number): An ID for each subdivision created as a portion of the parcel ID discussed in [Parcel Data Export Appendix A] * Plat Book Number (book): The book number for the recorded document * Plat Book Page Number (page): The page number for the recorded document * Recorded Acres (acres): The number of acres within the subdivision if known * Recorded Date (recorded_date): The date the document creating the subdivision was recorded * Document URL (clerk_url): URL to download a copy of the document recorded by the Canadian County Clerk's Office Blocks - Polygons derived from subdivision lots representing the blocks within a subdivision as shown on the recorded plat. Attributes: * Block Number (block_num): The block number as shown on the recorded plat * Subdivision Number (subdivision_number): The ID of the subdivision associated with the block Lots - Polygons representing the individual lots as shown on the recorded plat Attributes: * Lot or Tract Name (lot_name): The lot number or name as shown on the recorded plat associated with the lot * Block Number (block_num): The block number, if applicable, of the lot as shown on the recorded plat associated with the lot