Kent County, MI parcel and infrastructure data API
Korzy has about 270,000 parcel records for Kent County, Michigan, with source updates through October 2026. Nearly every record carries values; 69% include owner names and 69% include land use. In and around the county the API also maps 7 data-center projects (3 operating and 1 under construction); 8 power plants with about 70 MW of capacity, led by natural gas; and about 120 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 Kent County
About 270,000 parcel records with boundaries, situs addresses and parcel numbers, with the latest source update from October 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:
| Field | Coverage | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Situs address | Nearly all · 100% | |
| Owner name | Many · 69% | |
| Assessed or market value | Nearly all · 96% | |
| Year built | Not published | |
| Building size | Not published | |
| Last sale | Not published | |
| Land use | Many · 69% | |
| Zoning | Not 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. 69% of Kent County records carry an owner name.
Infrastructure in and around Kent County
Power plants
8 operable plants with about 70 MW of nameplate capacity; largest by capacity: natural gas, other fuels, battery and pumped storage.
Plant details: /api/power/plants/{plant_id}
Substations and transmission
About 85 in-service substations, 2 rated 230 kV or higher.
About 410 miles of transmission lines: about 20 mi at under 100 kV; about 230 mi at 100–161 kV; about 130 mi at 345 kV.
Water and sewer service
Service areas of about 45 community water systems cover about 26% of the county.
Sewer service areas of about 15 systems cover about 30%.
At a point: /api/utilities/context
Data-center projects
7 tracked projects: 3 operating, 1 under construction, 3 proposed. Reported operating capacity: about 220 MW. Reported planned capacity: about 320 MW.
Within 10 km of a point: /api/datacenters/context
Flood zones and wetlands
Special flood hazard areas cover about 5% of the county on the current federal flood maps, published October 2026.
Mapped wetlands cover about 10%.
Rail, ports and freight
- About 120 miles of active rail, about 85 of it main line
- About 50 miles of national freight network highway
Within 25 km of a point: /api/logistics/context
Example requests for Kent 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 400 76TH ST SW, BYRON CENTER, MI 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=400 76TH ST SW, BYRON CENTER, MI' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/searchPython
import os
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.korzy.co/api/search",
params={"q": "400 76TH ST SW, BYRON CENTER, MI"},
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": "26081-7f10deb906137c4c02a0",
"address": "400 76TH ST SW",
"city": "BYRON CENTER",
"postcode": "49315",
"county": "KENT",
"statefp": "26",
"longitude": -85.6731833784784,
"latitude": 42.82564305,
"match_type": "exact",
"parcelid": "41-21-13-100-090",
"parceladdr": "400 76TH ST SW",
"parcelcity": "BYRON CENTER",
"situs_zip": "49315",
"land_use_code": "201",
"taxacres": 6.56216562,
"totalvalue": 3555327,
"assessed_value_usd": 1396000,
"updated": "2026-10-30",
"geoid": "26081"
}
],
"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, 26081-7f10deb906137c4c02a0, in records. 1 credit per 10 records requested.
curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'longitude=-85.673183' \
--data-urlencode 'latitude=42.825643' \
--data-urlencode 'limit=5' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/query/pointJavaScript
const params = new URLSearchParams({"longitude": "-85.673183", "latitude": "42.825643", "limit": "5"});
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point?${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=-85.673183' \
--data-urlencode 'latitude=42.825643' \
--data-urlencode 'radius_km=10' \
--data-urlencode 'limit=3' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/contextPython
import os
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context",
params={"longitude": "-85.673183", "latitude": "42.825643", "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_6299c8c16781bb30b39f",
"name": "123NET DC4 Grand Rapids Data Center",
"operator": "123NET",
"status": "operating",
"city": "Byron Center",
"state": "MI",
"longitude": -85.67268596115,
"latitude": 42.826202163837,
"location_precision": "approximate",
"distance_km": 0.07422246077495613
},
{
"project_id": "dc_c29da05973b3a165ebd6",
"name": "US Signal MI02 Grand Rapids Data Center",
"operator": "US Signal",
"status": "operating",
"city": "Byron Center",
"state": "MI",
"longitude": -85.67268596115,
"latitude": 42.826202163837,
"location_precision": "approximate",
"distance_km": 0.07422246077495613
},
{
"project_id": "dc_317cfe44afea37e29810",
"name": "Switch Pyramid Campus",
"operator": "Switch",
"status": "under_construction",
"city": "Gaines Township",
"state": "MI",
"longitude": -85.64,
"latitude": 42.823,
"location_precision": "exact",
"operational_mw": 225,
"planned_mw": 320,
"distance_km": 2.7221528545221014
}
],
"radius_km": 10,
"limit": 3,
"truncated": true
}Kent County data questions
- How many parcels in Kent County include values?
- About 260,000 of about 270,000 parcel records (96%) include values.
- Does the Korzy API return owner names for Kent County parcels?
- Yes. 69% of Kent 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 Kent County?
- Korzy tracks 7 data-center projects in Kent County: 3 operating, 3 proposed and 1 under construction. /api/datacenters/context lists projects within 10 km of any point.
- How much power generation is in Kent County?
- 8 operable power plants in Kent County total about 70 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas, other fuels and battery and pumped storage.
- Which water systems serve Kent County?
- Service areas of about 45 community water systems cover about 26% of Kent County, and sewer service areas cover about 30%. /api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer matches at a point.
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Build on Kent County parcel data
Search, point and record lookups work the same in every county Korzy covers. Credits are shared across parcels, utilities, environment, logistics and data-center routes.