Pottawattamie County, IA parcel and infrastructure data API

Korzy has about 54,000 parcel records for Pottawattamie County, Iowa, with source updates through November 2026. Nearly every record carries owner names, values and land use; 89% include last sale. In and around the county the API also maps about 20 data-center projects (3 operating and 1 under construction); 2 power plants with about 1,800 MW of capacity, led by coal; and about 190 miles of active rail. Look up any parcel by address or coordinates, then check nearby data-center projects, utilities and grid context at the same point.

Parcel coverage in Pottawattamie County

About 54,000 parcel records with boundaries, situs addresses and parcel numbers, with the latest source update from November 2026. Each record has a stable korzy_id you can store and look up again with /api/parcel-record. Share of records with each field:

FieldCoverageShare
Situs addressNearly all · 100%
Owner nameNearly all · 99%
Assessed or market valueNearly all · 99%
Year builtNot published
Building sizeNot published
Last saleMost · 89%
Land useNearly all · 99%
ZoningNot published

Owner name and mailing address are returned with include_owner=true, which doubles a request's cost: a parcel record costs 2 credits instead of 1. 99% of Pottawattamie County records carry an owner name.

Infrastructure in and around Pottawattamie County

Power plants

2 operable plants with about 1,800 MW of nameplate capacity; largest by capacity: coal, wind.

Plant details: /api/power/plants/{plant_id}

Substations and transmission

About 45 in-service substations, 4 rated 230 kV or higher.

About 300 miles of transmission lines: about 130 mi at under 100 kV; about 70 mi at 100–161 kV; about 90 mi at 345 kV.

Water and sewer service

Service areas of about 15 community water systems cover about 4% of the county.

Sewer service areas of about 15 systems cover about 6%.

At a point: /api/utilities/context

Data-center projects

About 20 tracked projects: 3 operating, 1 under construction, 15 status not reported. Reported operating capacity: about 650 MW.

Within 10 km of a point: /api/datacenters/context

Flood zones and wetlands

Special flood hazard areas cover about 15% of the county on the current federal flood maps, published September 2026.

Mapped wetlands cover about 1%.

Rail, ports and freight

  • About 190 miles of active rail, about 120 of it main line
  • About 100 miles of national freight network highway
  • 1 intermodal rail terminal

Within 25 km of a point: /api/logistics/context

Example requests for Pottawattamie County

Real responses from the production API, trimmed to the main fields. Every request needs an API key with api:read; see authentication and credits and limits.

1. Find a parcel by address

/api/search matches 910 RAILROAD AVE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA and returns the parcel's korzy_id, coordinates and record. 1 credit.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'q=910 RAILROAD AVE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/search
Python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/search",
    params={"q": "910 RAILROAD AVE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
parcel = response.json()["results"][0]
print(parcel["korzy_id"], parcel["longitude"], parcel["latitude"])
Response (trimmed)
{
  "results": [
    {
      "korzy_id": "19155-44fba3160e4cde54e7eb",
      "address": "910 RAILROAD AVE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503",
      "city": "COUNCIL BLUFFS",
      "postcode": "00000-0000",
      "county": "Pottawattamie",
      "statefp": "19",
      "longitude": -95.81094203008196,
      "latitude": 41.27046903822925,
      "match_type": "exact",
      "parcelid": "754329201002",
      "parceladdr": "910 RAILROAD AVE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503",
      "parcelcity": "COUNCIL BLUFFS",
      "situs_zip": "00000-0000",
      "land_use_code": "C",
      "taxacres": 0,
      "totalvalue": 204000,
      "land_value_usd": 204000,
      "saledate": "2021-04-27",
      "updated": "2026-11-03",
      "geoid": "19155"
    }
  ],
  "truncated": false
}

With include_owner=true (2 credits) the record adds owner fields, shown here as placeholders:

{
  "owner_name": "EXAMPLE HOLDINGS LLC",
  "owner_mailing_address": "100 EXAMPLE ST, SAMPLE CITY, ST 00000"
}

2. Look up the parcel at a point

/api/query/point returns every parcel whose boundary covers the coordinates; here it returns the same record, 19155-44fba3160e4cde54e7eb, in records. 1 credit per 10 records requested.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-95.810942' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=41.270469' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point
JavaScript
const params = new URLSearchParams({"longitude": "-95.810942", "latitude": "41.270469", "limit": "5"});
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.KORZY_API_KEY}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Korzy API ${response.status}`);
const { records } = await response.json();
console.log(records.map((record) => record.korzy_id));

3. Check nearby data-center projects

/api/datacenters/context lists data-center projects within 10 km of the point, nearest first. 1 credit per 10 records requested.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-95.810942' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=41.270469' \
  --data-urlencode 'radius_km=10' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=3' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context
Python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context",
    params={"longitude": "-95.810942", "latitude": "41.270469", "radius_km": "10", "limit": "3"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for project in response.json()["projects"]:
    print(project["name"], project["status"], project["distance_km"])
Response (trimmed)
{
  "projects": [
    {
      "project_id": "dc_0e24869a852caafe4aec",
      "name": "Edged Council Bluffs Data Center Campus (Project Lola)",
      "operator": "Edged Energy",
      "status": "under_construction",
      "city": "Council Bluffs",
      "state": "IA",
      "longitude": -95.7940246,
      "latitude": 41.278141,
      "location_precision": "approximate",
      "distance_km": 1.6512249088052298
    },
    {
      "project_id": "dc_96071fff1194eb182a86",
      "name": "Google",
      "operator": "Google",
      "status": "unknown",
      "state": "IA",
      "longitude": -95.86428121965166,
      "latitude": 41.2217541,
      "location_precision": "footprint",
      "distance_km": 7.01635400806287
    },
    {
      "project_id": "dc_93eada102f2fab53c1ad",
      "name": "CyrusOne OCB1 Council Bluffs Data Center",
      "operator": "CyrusOne",
      "status": "operating",
      "city": "Council Bluffs",
      "state": "IA",
      "longitude": -95.87799235987228,
      "latitude": 41.212152599999996,
      "location_precision": "footprint",
      "operational_mw": 9,
      "distance_km": 8.57195049018449
    }
  ],
  "radius_km": 10,
  "limit": 3,
  "truncated": false
}

Pottawattamie County data questions

How many parcels in Pottawattamie County include last sale?
About 48,000 of about 54,000 parcel records (89%) include last sale.
Does the Korzy API return owner names for Pottawattamie County parcels?
Yes. 99% of Pottawattamie County parcel records carry an owner name. Add include_owner=true to a point, search or parcel-record request; it doubles the request's cost, so a single parcel record costs 2 credits.
How many data-center projects are in Pottawattamie County?
Korzy tracks about 20 data-center projects in Pottawattamie County: 15 status not reported, 3 operating and 1 under construction. /api/datacenters/context lists projects within 10 km of any point.
How much power generation is in Pottawattamie County?
2 operable power plants in Pottawattamie County total about 1,800 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly coal and wind.
Which water systems serve Pottawattamie County?
Service areas of about 15 community water systems cover about 4% of Pottawattamie County, and sewer service areas cover about 6%. /api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer matches at a point.

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