1 county indexed. ArcGIS FeatureServer and MapServer URLs, with supported search fields per layer.
| County | Endpoints | Searchable fields | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee County | 1 | Parcel Number · Parcel ID · Quick Reference ID +3 | LIVE | OPEN |
Kansas property valuation is the responsibility of elected County Appraisers — the Kansas-specific title for the official who assesses real and personal property. Kansas has 105 counties, all with independent Appraisers. The Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) oversees the appraisal process and sets standards under the Property Valuation Division. The state's most distinctive administrative feature is the ORKA portal (Open Records for Kansas Appraisers), a DASC and KDOR collaboration that aggregates county appraisal data and publishes it statewide with biweekly database updates — one of the more functional free statewide parcel information systems in the Midwest.
The Data Access and Support Center (DASC) at the Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, operates as the state GIS clearinghouse and hosts the Kansas Geoportal Hub at kansasgis.org. DASC runs ORKA (orkahub.kansasgis.org), which pairs county appraisal records from the KDOR with county GIS mapping data. Each county's appraisal database in ORKA updates every two weeks; map data update cadence is set by each county independently. ORKA is free to use without registration. For counties with direct ArcGIS REST endpoints — like Shawnee County's own gis.sncoapps.us server — the REST layer is the lower-latency path for programmatic queries. DASC also maintains a Kansas Open Data portal with downloadable parcel datasets for counties that participate in statewide data sharing.
Kansas statutes (K.S.A. Chapter 79) use the title County Appraiser, not Assessor or Tax Commissioner. The Shawnee County endpoint is served from a path named AppraisalDataPro, the Shawnee County Appraiser's GIS server sits at gis.sncoapps.us, and the open data portal is branded with the Appraiser's office. When discovering endpoints in other Kansas counties, look for Appraiser in service names, directory paths, and department pages rather than Assessor. This terminology difference can cause confusion for researchers familiar with Iowa, Indiana, or Missouri county systems where the parallel office is universally called Assessor.
Shawnee County's AppraisalDataPro MapServer exposes multiple layers within a single service. Layer 4 (Current Parcels) is the live dataset. Layer 3 (Parcels 1-1-2024) is a frozen prior-year snapshot — useful for comparing current and historical assessment data but not for live ownership queries. Layer 0 (Parcel Information with Labels) includes annotation but may not support standard WHERE clause queries as efficiently. Always target layer 4 for current records. The ONAME field (owner name) and TOTVAL (total appraised value) are present in Current Parcels but not always populated in the snapshot layer. LDVAL and BLDGVAL break out land and building value components separately.
Shawnee County parcels carry several fields that reflect the layered taxing geography of Kansas. SUBS is the subdivision name. NBHD is the appraisal neighborhood code used internally by the Appraiser for mass appraisal consistency — useful for identifying parcels grouped by similar characteristics. USD is the Unified School District code, which is a significant tax levy component. TAXUNIT identifies the specific tax district combination. QUICKREFID is a simplified reference number that appears on tax bills and county property search UIs, and is often easier to match from a bill stub than the full PARCELNUM. DBOOKPAGE records the deed book and page for the most recent recorded deed.
Shawnee County (Topeka metro, state capital, pop. ~178,000). The Appraiser's MapServer at gis.sncoapps.us exposes ONAME, PARCELNUM, PADDRESS, TOTVAL, LDVAL, BLDGVAL, SUBS, NBHD, USD, and TAXUNIT on layer 4 (Current Parcels). Owner-name queries confirmed live. Open data portal at data-sncoks-gis.opendata.arcgis.com.
Shawnee County owner search: ?where=UPPER(ONAME)+LIKE+UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=PARCELNUM,ONAME,PADDRESS,TOTVAL,SUBS,TAXUNIT&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10 (base: gis.sncoapps.us/arcgis2/rest/services/Appraiser/AppraisalDataPro/MapServer/4). Parcel number lookup: ?where=PARCELNUM='<value>'&outFields=*&returnGeometry=false&f=json. QUICKREFID lookup: ?where=QUICKREFID='<value>'&outFields=PARCELNUM,ONAME,PADDRESS,TOTVAL&returnGeometry=false&f=json. School district filter: ?where=USD='<code>'+AND+UPPER(ONAME)+LIKE+UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=PARCELNUM,ONAME,PADDRESS,USD&returnGeometry=false&f=json. Address search: ?where=UPPER(PADDRESS)+LIKE+UPPER('%25MAIN%25')&outFields=PARCELNUM,ONAME,PADDRESS&returnGeometry=false&f=json.
Last updated 2026-05-24.
1 Kansas county is indexed in the UrbanKit atlas with a verified public REST endpoint: Shawnee. It exposes an owner-name field you can search directly on the public layer.
Shawnee expose an owner-name field on the public REST layer. Shawnee, for example, uses the ONAME field — a case-insensitive search is ?where=UPPER(ONAME)%20LIKE%20UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=*&f=json. Open a county's page here for its full field list and a ready-to-run sample query.
Shawnee publishes parcels at https://gis.sncoapps.us/arcgis2/rest/services/Appraiser/AppraisalDataPro/MapServer/4 — a MapServer (layer 4). It indexes by Parcel Number, Parcel ID, Quick Reference ID, and Owner Name. Owner-name search: UPPER(ONAME) LIKE UPPER('%25SMITH%25').
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