King County, WA parcel and infrastructure data API
Korzy has about 630,000 parcel records for King County, Washington, with source updates through October 2026. Nearly every record carries land use; 40% include year built and 40% include building size. In and around the county the API also maps about 15 data-center projects (15 operating); about 450 miles of active rail; and 2 ports with reported cargo. 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 King County
About 630,000 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 · 98% | |
| Owner name | Some · 3% | |
| Assessed or market value | Some · 13% | |
| Year built | Many · 40% | |
| Building size | Many · 40% | |
| Last sale | Some · 13% | |
| Land use | Nearly all · 97% | |
| 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. 3% of King County records carry an owner name.
Infrastructure in and around King County
Power plants
About 10 operable plants with about 160 MW of nameplate capacity; largest by capacity: hydro, oil, other fuels.
Plant details: /api/power/plants/{plant_id}
Substations and transmission
About 240 in-service substations, about 20 rated 230 kV or higher.
About 1,500 miles of transmission lines: about 35 mi at under 100 kV; about 660 mi at 100–161 kV; about 410 mi at 220–287 kV; about 80 mi at 345 kV; about 290 mi at 500 kV.
Water and sewer service
Service areas of about 130 community water systems cover about 37% of the county.
Sewer service areas of about 15 systems cover about 24%.
At a point: /api/utilities/context
Data-center projects
About 15 tracked projects: 15 operating, 3 status not reported.
Within 10 km of a point: /api/datacenters/context
Flood zones and wetlands
Special flood hazard areas cover about 4% of the county on the current federal flood maps, published September 2026.
Mapped wetlands cover about 2%.
Rail, ports and freight
- About 450 miles of active rail, about 150 of it main line
- About 140 miles of national freight network highway
- 2 port areas with reported cargo tonnage
- 7 intermodal rail terminals
Within 25 km of a point: /api/logistics/context
Example requests for King 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 2700 BELLEVUE WAY SE, BELLEVUE, WA 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=2700 BELLEVUE WAY SE, BELLEVUE, WA' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/searchPython
import os
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.korzy.co/api/search",
params={"q": "2700 BELLEVUE WAY SE, BELLEVUE, WA"},
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": "53033-e819acc3cad63e6aaaf4",
"address": "2700 BELLEVUE WAY SE",
"city": "BELLEVUE",
"postcode": "98004",
"county": "King",
"statefp": "53",
"longitude": -122.18982783089461,
"latitude": 47.586611950000005,
"match_type": "exact",
"parcelid": "033-7000100360",
"parceladdr": "2700 BELLEVUE WAY SE",
"parcelcity": "BELLEVUE",
"situs_zip": "98004",
"usedesc": "Parking(Commercial Lot)",
"land_use_code": "46",
"yearbuilt": 2020,
"bldgsqft": 436315,
"totalvalue": 39908500,
"land_value_usd": 3158300,
"improvement_value_usd": 36750200,
"saledate": "2024-05-02",
"updated": "2026-10-28",
"geoid": "53033"
}
],
"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, 53033-e819acc3cad63e6aaaf4, in records. 1 credit per 10 records requested.
curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'longitude=-122.189828' \
--data-urlencode 'latitude=47.586612' \
--data-urlencode 'limit=5' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/query/pointJavaScript
const params = new URLSearchParams({"longitude": "-122.189828", "latitude": "47.586612", "limit": "5"});
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point?${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=-122.189828' \
--data-urlencode 'latitude=47.586612' \
--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": "-122.189828", "latitude": "47.586612", "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": [],
"radius_km": 10,
"limit": 3,
"truncated": false
}King County data questions
- How many parcels in King County include year built?
- About 250,000 of about 630,000 parcel records (40%) include year built.
- Does the Korzy API return owner names for King County parcels?
- Yes. 3% of King 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 King County?
- Korzy tracks about 15 data-center projects in King County: 15 operating and 3 status not reported. /api/datacenters/context lists projects within 10 km of any point.
- How much power generation is in King County?
- About 10 operable power plants in King County total about 160 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly hydro, oil and other fuels.
- Which water systems serve King County?
- Service areas of about 130 community water systems cover about 37% of King County, and sewer service areas cover about 24%. /api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer matches at a point.
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Build on King 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.