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Howard County, IA Parcels & GIS Data

Howard County, IA parcel data: 13,837 property records with owner names, assessed values, land use, acreage, and addresses. Preview and download.

Land Records publishes Howard County, Iowa parcel data covering 13,837 property records.

This page documents parcel-level coverage for Howard County, Iowa. Each parcel record carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with attributes such as the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and most recent sale price and date. Exact fill rates for Howard County are listed in the attribute-coverage table below. Preview the data in the interactive explorer, or download the complete Howard County property dataset.

Howard County is a county located in the US state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,469. The county seat and the largest city is Cresco. The county was founded in 1851; it was named for General Tilghman Ashurst Howard, a Representative of Indiana.

FIPS 19089

Official county website: http://www.howard-county.com

The FIPS code for Howard County is 19089.

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Attribute coverage

Howard County contains 13,837 parcels in the current dataset. Column coverage is the percentage of those parcels for which the attribute is populated (non-NULL). For the LBCS columns, only real classifications count: the to-be-determined and not-applicable placeholder codes are excluded.

ColumnCoverageRecords populated
lrid100%13,837
parcelid100%13,837
parcelid299.9%13,828
ogparcelid100%13,837
ogparcelid299.9%13,828
parentid<0.1%0
stackid<0.1%0
geoid100%13,837
statefp100%13,837
countyfp100%13,837
countyname100%13,837
cousubfp100%13,837
cousubname100%13,837
tractce100%13,837
tractname100%13,837
taxacctnum<0.1%0
taxyear100%13,837
taxdistrict<0.1%0
usecode<0.1%0
usedesc<0.1%6
zoningcode15.5%2,138
zoningdesc15.5%2,138
numbldgs0.1%19
numunits<0.1%0
yearbuilt<0.1%0
numfloors<0.1%0
bldgsqft<0.1%0
bedrooms<0.1%0
halfbaths<0.1%0
fullbaths<0.1%0
imprvalue<0.1%0
landvalue<0.1%0
agvalue<0.1%0
totalvalue<0.1%0
taxacres<0.1%0
calcarea100%13,837
saleamt<0.1%0
saledate<0.1%0
ownertype100%13,833
ownername100%13,833
owneraddr<0.1%0
ownercity<0.1%0
ownerstate<0.1%0
ownerzip<0.1%0
parceladdr49.6%6,866
parcelcity36.5%5,045
parcelstate100%13,837
parcelzip100%13,837
legaldesc<0.1%0
township100%13,837
section100%13,837
qtrsection100%13,837
range100%13,837
plssdesc100%13,837
book<0.1%0
page<0.1%0
block<0.1%0
lot<0.1%0
parceltype<0.1%2
accesstype1.0%132
iucnclass0.7%91
placename3.0%412
placetype2.9%406
firmid100%13,837
firmdate100%13,837
fldzone100%13,837
zonesubty89.6%12,397
staticbfe<0.1%0
elevmin99.7%13,802
elevmax99.7%13,802
elevavg99.7%13,802
fireplaces<0.1%0
heating<0.1%0
heatfuel<0.1%0
cooling<0.1%0
foundation<0.1%0
roofcover<0.1%0
siding<0.1%0
bldgtype<0.1%0
naicscode17.9%2,478
frsid<0.1%0
dfrurl<0.1%0
caapermit<0.1%0
cwapermit<0.1%0
rcrapermit<0.1%0
updated82.0%11,349
centroidx100%13,837
centroidy100%13,837
surfpointx100%13,837
surfpointy100%13,837
geom100%13,837
extras100%13,837
ownerlist59.5%8,238
placefp26.8%3,713
zoningurl15.5%2,138
lbcsactivity16.1%2,229
lbcsfunction16.1%2,229
lbcstype16.1%2,234
lbcscharacter16.1%2,232
lbcsownership100%13,833
sourceurl<0.1%0

Schema mapping

How source columns from the acquired Howard County GIS layers map into the harmonized entity schemas and assemble into the published parcel table, alongside supplemented fields (elevation, flood zone) and deterministic columns.

Schema mapping — Howard County, Iowa (19089) 3 entities · most recent acquisition per entity · generated 2026-10-10 direct column transformed (expression) geometry extras json supplemented determined ALL ENTITIES → FINAL PARCEL SCHEMA Harmonized entity columns assemble into publish.parcel_layer — matched by column name. Supplemented fields show their fill rate in this county. SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED ENTITIES PUBLISH.PARCEL_LAYER ADDRESS landmark anumber st_name sub_id1 zip ctu_name postcomm co_name state_code geom 44 cols ⇢ near house_number road unit postcode suburb city state_district state geom extras PARCEL pin id owner housenum address city state zip geom 2 cols ⇢ parcelid parcelid2 ownername parceladdr parcelcity parcelstate parcelzip geom extras ZONING geom zoning districtnamefull classtype zoningnotes 254 cols ⇢ geom zoningcode zoningdesc zoningtype notes extras determined · ground truth 100% lrid 100% geoid 100% statefp 100% countyfp 100% countyname 100% cousubfp 100% cousubname 100% tractce 100% tractname 100% taxyear 82.0% updated geom · derived from geometry geom dem.us_1m · USGS 1m DEM 100% elevmin 100% elevmax 100% elevavg s_fld_haz_ar · FEMA NFHL 100% fldzone 89.6% zonesubty 100% firmdate 100% firmid supplemented · derived / other pipelines 100% township 100% section 100% qtrsection 100% range 100% plssdesc 59.5% ownerlist 100% lbcsownership lrid parcelid parcelid2 ogparcelid ogparcelid2 geoid statefp countyfp countyname cousubfp cousubname tractce tractname taxyear zoningcode zoningdesc calcarea ownertype ownername parceladdr parcelcity parcelstate parcelzip township section qtrsection range plssdesc firmid firmdate fldzone zonesubty elevmin elevmax elevavg updated centroidx centroidy surfpointx surfpointy geom extras ownerlist lbcsownership publish.parcel_layer columns not fed by these sources (57) — empty or below 50% fill in this county parentid, stackid, taxacctnum, taxdistrict, usecode, usedesc, numbldgs, numunits, yearbuilt, numfloors, bldgsqft, bedrooms, halfbaths fullbaths, imprvalue, landvalue, agvalue, totalvalue, taxacres, saleamt, saledate, owneraddr, ownercity, ownerstate, ownerzip, legaldesc, book page, block, lot, parceltype, accesstype, iucnclass, placename, placetype, staticbfe, fireplaces, heating, heatfuel, cooling, foundation roofcover, siding, bldgtype, naicscode, frsid, dfrurl, caapermit, cwapermit, rcrapermit, placefp, zoningurl, lbcsactivity, lbcsfunction lbcstype, lbcscharacter, sourceurl ADDRESS 10 mapped · 44 kept in extras · 11 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → ADDRESS landmark anumber st_name sub_id1 zip ctu_name postcomm co_name state_code geom near house_number road unit postcode suburb city state_district state geom extras · 44 source columns preserved as json add_id, add_id_loc, anumberpre, anumbersuf, st_pre_mod st_pre_dir, st_pre_typ, st_pre_sep, st_pos_typ, st_pos_dir st_pos_mod, sub_type1, sub_type2, sub_id2, zip4, ctu_id_txt co_code, loc_desc, residence, mailable, state_pin, place_loc cen_geo, uni_wo_sub, longitude, latitude, usng_code gis911poc, esn, psap_code, msag_c, verror_911, lst_predir lst_name, lst_type, lst_posdir, status, eff_date, ret_date source, aauthority, edit_org, edit_date, comments extras not present in source — filled with NULL (11) house, category, level, staircase, entrance, po_box, city_district, island, country_region, country, world_region PARCEL 8 mapped · 7 transformed · 2 kept in extras · 46 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → PARCEL pin id owner housenum address city state zip geom parcelid NULLIF(TRIM(pin), '')::text parcelid2 NULLIF(TRIM(id), '')::text ownername NULLIF(TRIM(owner), '')::text parceladdr NULLIF(CONCAT_WS(' ', NULLIF(TRIM(housenum), ''), NULLIF(TRIM(a… parcelcity NULLIF(TRIM(city), '')::text parcelstate NULLIF(TRIM(state), '')::text parcelzip NULLIF(NULLIF(TRIM(zip), ''), '00000-0000')::text geom extras · 2 source columns preserved as json shapeid, compid extras not present in source — filled with NULL (46) taxacctnum, taxyear, usecode, usedesc, zoningcode, zoningdesc, numbldgs, numunits, yearbuilt, numfloors, bldgsqft, bedrooms, halfbaths fullbaths, imprvalue, landvalue, agvalue, totalvalue, taxacres, saleamt, saledate, owneraddr, ownercity, ownerstate, ownerzip, legaldesc township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc, book, page, block, lot, updated, sourceurl, taxdistrict, parentid, heatfuel, fireplaces heating, cooling, foundation, roofcover, siding ZONING 5 mapped · 254 kept in extras · 4 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → ZONING geom zoning districtnamefull classtype zoningnotes geom zoningcode zoningdesc zoningtype notes extras · 254 source columns preserved as json zoning_join, city, source, fips7, acres, districtmapped districtmappedextinct, districtoverlay isrestrictedresidencedistrict, zoningtype districtoverlayalters, districtisplanneddev, family1treatment family1minlotsize, family1frontsetback, family1sidesetback family1rearsetback, family1maxcoveragebldgimperv family1minparking, family1parkingunit, family1maxstories family1maxheight, family1ftar, family1minunitsize family1maxbedrooms, family1landscaping, family1minfrontage family2treatment, family2minlotsize, family2maxdensity family2frontsetback, family2sidesetback, family2rearsetback family2maxcoveragebldgimperv, family2minparking family2maxstories, family2maxheight, family2ftar family2minunitsize, family2maxbedrooms, family2landscaping family2minfrontage, family2parkingunit, family3treatment family3minlotsize, family3maxdensity, family3frontsetback family3sidesetback, family3rearsetback family3maxcoveragebldgimperv, family3minparking family3connectiontransit, family3maxstories, family3maxheight family3ftar, family3minunitsize, family3maxbedrooms family3landscaping, family3minfrontage, family3parkingunit family4treatment, family4minlotsize, family4maxdensity family4frontsetback, family4sidesetback, family4rearsetback family4maxcoveragebldgimperv, family4minparking family4connectionsewer, family4maxstories, family4maxheight family4ftar, family4minunitsize, family4maxbedrooms family4maxunitsbldg, family4maxunitsdev, family4minfrontage family4parkingunit, family4landscaping, family5treatment family5minlotsize, family5minfrontage, family5maxdensity family5frontsetback, family5sidesetback, family5rearsetback family5maxcoveragebldgimperv, family5minparking family5parkingunit, family5connectionsewer family5connectiontransit, family5maxstories, family5maxheight family5ftar, family5minunitsize, family5maxbedrooms family5maxunitsbldg, family5maxunitsdev, family5landscaping family6treatment, family6minlotsize, family6minfrontage family6maxdensity, family6frontsetback, family6sidesetback family6rearsetback, family6maxcoveragebldgimperv family6minparking, family6parkingunit family6connectiontransit, family6maxstories, family6maxheight family6ftar, family6minunitsize, family6maxbedrooms family6maxunitsbldg, family6maxunitsdev, family6landscaping family7treatment, family7minlotsize, family7minfrontage family7maxdensity, family7frontsetback, family7sidesetback family7rearsetback, family7maxcoveragebldgimperv family7minparking, family7parkingunit, family7connectionsewer family7connectiontransit, family7maxstories, family7maxheight family7ftar, family7minunitsize, family7maxbedrooms family7maxunitsbldg, family7maxunitsdev, family7landscaping family8treatment, family8minlotsize, family8minfrontage family8maxdensity, family8frontsetback, family8sidesetback family8rearsetback, family8maxcoveragebldgimperv family8minparking, family8parkingunit family8connectiontransit, family8maxstories, family8maxheight family8ftar, family8minunitsize, family8maxbedrooms family8maxunitsbldg, family8maxunitsdev, family8landscaping family9treatment, family9affordable, family9minlotsize family9maxdensity, family9frontsetback, family9sidesetback family9rearsetback, family9maxcoveragebldgimperv family9minparking, family9connectiontransit family9maxstories, family9maxheight, family9ftar family9minunitsize, family9maxbedrooms, family9maxunitsbldg family9maxunitsbldgunits, family9maxunitsdev family9landscaping, family9minfrontage, family9parkingunit afftreatment, affminlotsize, aff2maxdensity, affminparking affconnectiontransit, affmaxbedrooms, affmaxunitsbldg affmaxunitsdev, afflandscaping, affminfrontage affparkingunit, affregulationdesc, adutreatment aduoccupancyfamily, aduoccupancyrenter, aduoccupancyowner aduelderly, aduminlotsize, aduminparking adurestrictedtoprimary, adusizeperc, adusizepercunit adumaxbedrooms, adurequirelotsize, adurequireminsize adurequiremaxsize, adurequireparking, adusizepercvalue adumaxbedroomsvalue, mobileparktreatment mobileparkminparksize, mobileparkminlotsize mobileparkmaxparksize, mobilehometreatment mobilehomeregulations, manufacturedhometreatment manufacturedhomeregulations, tinyhometreatment tinyhomethreshold, tinyhomeregulations, liveworktreatment planneddevsize, planneddevreferences planneddevreferenceslist, planneddevdensityregulated planneddevdensity, planneddevdensitytype, planneddevmixeduse manuparktreatment, manuparkminparksize, manuparkmaxparksize manuparkminlotsize, grptreatment, grpregulationdesc smallgrpbyright, smallgrpbypermit, biggrpbyright biggrpbypermit, grpminlotsize, grpminfrontage, grp2maxdensity grpminparking, grpparkingunit, grpmaxbedrooms grpmaxunitsbldg, grpmaxunitsdev, grplandscaping, pudtreatment pudminsize, puddensity, pudmixeduse, liveworkdefinition grpdefinition, tinyhomedefinition, affdefinition, city_class extras not present in source — filled with NULL (4) ordinance, setbacks, restrictions, sourceurl

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I find Howard County, IA parcel and GIS data?

Land Records publishes a Howard County, IA parcel dataset in which every parcel carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with ownership, assessed value, land use, acreage, and sale history. Preview it in the interactive explorer on this page, or download the full Howard County, IA dataset as a GeoPackage or CSV.

How many parcels are in Howard County, IA?

The current dataset contains 13,837 parcel records for Howard County, IA, each with its boundary geometry and assessor attributes.

What is the FIPS code for Howard County, IA?

The FIPS code for Howard County, IA is 19089.

What information does each Howard County, IA parcel record include?

Each Howard County, IA parcel record includes the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and the most recent sale price and date — plus the parcel boundary polygon. Per-attribute fill rates are listed in the coverage table on this page.

Is Howard County, IA parcel data free?

You can preview Howard County, IA parcels for free in the interactive explorer. The complete dataset is available as a one-time download or through the nationwide parcel web service; see the download options on this page for current pricing.

Does Howard County, IA have an official GIS or property records website?

Yes — the official Howard County, IA government website is linked in the county details above. Land Records standardizes Howard County, IA assessor and recorder records into a single nationwide parcel schema with GIS boundary geometry.

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