Ada County Addresses

There are four entities within Ada County that assign addresses within their jurisdiction: Boise City, Ada County, Meridian, and Kuna. This dataset is an aggregation of key address data elements supplied by the four addressing entities into a single county-wide address point layer. Attribute Fields: AddPfx = Address Number Prefix: The non-integer portion of the identifier for the house, building or other feature that precedes the address number itself. Ex. 'NW' AddNum = Address Number: The numeric identifier for a land parcel, house, building or other feature. Ex. '1', '125' AddSfx = Address Number Suffix: The non-integer portion of the identifier for the house, building or other feature that follows the address number itself. Ex. '1/2' StPredMod = Street Name PreModifier: A word or phrase that precedes all other elements of the street name and modifies it, but is separated from the street name by a street name pre-directional and/or pre-type. Ex. 'Old' StPreDir = Street Name PreDirection: A word preceding the street name that indicates the directional taken by the thoroughfare from an arbitrary starting point, or the sector where it is located. Ex. 'N', 'SW' StPrefix = Street Name PreType: The element of the complete street name preceding the street name element that indicates the type of street. Ex. 'Ave', 'Blvd' StName = Street Name: Official name of a street as assigned by a local governing authority. 'Main', 'Front' StSuffix = Street Name PostType: The element of the complete street name following the street name element that indicates the type of street. Ex. 'St', 'Ln' StPostDir = Street Name PostDirection: A word following the street name that indicates the directional taken by the thoroughfare from an arbitrary starting point, or the sector where it is located. Ex. 'N', 'SW' StPostMod = Street Name PostModifier: A word or phrase that follows all other elements of the street name and modifies it, but is separated from the street name by a street name post-directional and/or post type. Ex. 'Cutoff', 'Bypass' PrUnitType = Primary Unit Type: In the case of multiple structures (generally buildings) at one street address, this describes the type of structure being addressed. Ex. 'Bldg' PrUnitID = Primary Unit Identifier: The letters, numbers, words or combination thereof used to distinguish one structure from another when several occur at the same address. Ex. 'A', 'One' SbUnitType = Sub Unit Type: In the case of multiple units per structure at one street address, this describes the type of unit being addressed. Ex. 'Apt', 'Ste' SbUnitID = Sub Unit Identifier: The letters, numbers, words or combination thereof used to distinguish one unit from another when several occur in the same building. Ex. '#10', 'A' FloorID = Floor Identifier: The letters, numbers, words or combination thereof used to distinguish one floor from another in multi-story buildings. Ex. '1', 'B', 'Mezzanine' Floors = Number of floors in a particular structure. Ex. '1', '2' CommName = City name used in a USPS mailing address for this address. 'Boise', 'Meridian' State = State abbreviation. Ex. 'ID' Zip4 = ZIP Code for an address as defined by USPS. Ex. '83702-2357', '83702' PrimStruct Used to indicate the primary structure at a particular address with many structures (i.e. a house and a barn share an address, but the house is the primary structure). Ex. 'Y', 'N' PrimAdd = Used to indicate the primary address of a structure that contains multiple addresses (i.e. an apartment building's street address). Ex. 'Y', 'N' LocalID = Address Identifier: Primary key, unique database key, etc... as assigned by each agency (i.e. that contained in the "Manager" field). GNISID = Numeric identifier for a feature in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). AddGrid = Reference System: Name of the address reference system (aka "grid") used to create each address. Ex. 'Kuna', 'Eagle' Manager = Address Manager: The name of the entity that currently manages this address. Ex. 'Boise', 'Ada County' Creator = Address Creator: The name of the entity that assigned this address. Ex. 'Meridian', 'Ada County'