Forsyth County, NC parcel and infrastructure data API

Korzy has about 170,000 parcel records for Forsyth County, North Carolina, with source updates through March 2026. Nearly every record carries owner names, values, last sale and land use; 83% include year built and 80% include building size. In and around the county the API also maps 1 data-center project (1 operating); 5 power plants with about 20 MW of capacity, led by other fuels; and about 95 miles of active rail. Look up any parcel by address or coordinates, then check water, sewer and infrastructure context at the same point.

Parcel coverage in Forsyth County

About 170,000 parcel records with boundaries, situs addresses and parcel numbers, with the latest source update from March 2026. Each record has a stable korzy_id you can store and look up again with /v1/records/{id}. Share of records with each field:

FieldCoverageShare
Situs addressNearly all · 100%
Owner nameNearly all · 99%
Assessed or market valueNearly all · 98%
Year builtMost · 83%
Building sizeMost · 80%
Last saleNearly all · 99%
Land useNearly all · 99%
ZoningNot published

Owner name and mailing address are returned by /v1/enrich with the owner group, at 2 credits per parcel instead of 1 credit. 99% of Forsyth County records carry an owner name.

Infrastructure in and around Forsyth County

Power plants

5 operable plants with about 20 MW of nameplate capacity; largest by capacity: other fuels, solar.

Within 50 km: /v1/lookup section power; details: /v1/records/{id}

Substations and transmission

About 65 in-service substations, 2 rated 230 kV or higher.

About 410 miles of transmission lines: about 300 mi at 100–161 kV; about 100 mi at 220–287 kV.

Water and sewer service

Service areas of about 20 community water systems cover about 81% of the county.

Sewer service areas of 4 systems cover about 46%.

At an address or point: /v1/lookup section utilities

Data-center projects

1 tracked project: 1 operating.

Within 10 km: /v1/lookup section datacenters

Flood zones and wetlands

Special flood hazard areas cover about 7% of the county on the current federal flood maps, published October 2026.

Mapped wetlands cover about 1%.

At an address or point: /v1/lookup section environment

Rail, ports and freight

  • About 95 miles of active rail, about 75 of it main line
  • About 40 miles of national freight network highway

Within 25 km: /v1/lookup section logistics

Example requests for Forsyth County

The lookup response is a real production response, trimmed to the main fields. Every request needs an API key with api:read; see authentication and credits and limits.

1. Find a parcel and its water and sewer service

/v1/lookup matches 1064 W Northwest BLVD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC and returns the parcel's korzy_id and record, plus the water and sewer service areas at the parcel and the nearest treatment plants. 2 credits.

curl --fail-with-body -sS \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"address":"1064 W Northwest BLVD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC","sections":["utilities"]}' \
  https://api.korzy.co/v1/lookup
Python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.korzy.co/v1/lookup",
    json={"address": "1064 W Northwest BLVD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC", "sections": ["utilities"]},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
body = response.json()
parcel = body["parcels"]["records"][0]
print(parcel["korzy_id"], body["sections"]["utilities"]["status"])
Production response (trimmed)
{
  "location": {
    "longitude": -80.26102644785472,
    "latitude": 36.102663300185874,
    "address": "1064 W Northwest BLVD, WINSTON-SALEM",
    "match_type": "exact"
  },
  "parcels": {
    "records": [
      {
        "id": "37067-f4f731cee8ed7ca04a46",
        "korzy_id": "37067-f4f731cee8ed7ca04a46",
        "parcelid": "6825-78-4652.00",
        "parceladdr": "1064 W Northwest BLVD",
        "parcelcity": "WINSTON-SALEM",
        "situs_zip": "27101",
        "statefp": "37",
        "geoid": "37067",
        "longitude": -80.26102644785472,
        "latitude": 36.102663300185874,
        "usedesc": "2.01-Com Retail-WS",
        "yearbuilt": 1925,
        "bldgsqft": 45502,
        "building_count": 0,
        "totalvalue": 6881700,
        "land_value_usd": 510400,
        "improvement_value_usd": 2010500,
        "saledate": "2018-03-29",
        "saleamt": 0,
        "updated": "2026-03-24"
      }
    ],
    "truncated": false
  },
  "sections": {
    "utilities": {
      "status": "ok",
      "data": {
        "water": [
          {
            "id": "utility:water:29474",
            "feature_id": "water:29474",
            "name": "WINSTON-SALEM, CITY OF",
            "boundary_basis": "System Sourced"
          }
        ],
        "sewer": [
          {
            "id": "utility:sewer:1957",
            "feature_id": "sewer:1957",
            "name": "WINSTON-SALEM",
            "boundary_basis": "Sourced"
          }
        ],
        "treatment_plants": [
          {
            "id": "utility:treatment:7850",
            "feature_id": "treatment:7850",
            "name": "LOWER MUDDY CREEK WWTP",
            "distance_km": 13.490220947074883
          },
          {
            "id": "utility:treatment:15472",
            "feature_id": "treatment:15472",
            "name": "WINSTON-SALEM",
            "distance_km": 13.50776070791207
          },
          {
            "id": "utility:treatment:14028",
            "feature_id": "treatment:14028",
            "name": "BERMUDA RUN WWTP",
            "distance_km": 19.22346533620663
          }
        ],
        "truncated": {
          "water": false,
          "sewer": false
        }
      },
      "provenance": [
        {
          "dataset": "water",
          "data_version": "63b7c1c3-9661-4fed-a59f-ddbfff80c2e4"
        },
        {
          "dataset": "sewer",
          "data_version": "63b7c1c3-9661-4fed-a59f-ddbfff80c2e4"
        },
        {
          "dataset": "treatment",
          "data_version": "63b7c1c3-9661-4fed-a59f-ddbfff80c2e4"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2,
    "refunded": 0
  }
}

2. Add owner and sale fields

/v1/enrich returns the fields you choose for up to 25 parcels per request; here the parcel 37067-f4f731cee8ed7ca04a46, with the owner group. 2 credits.

curl --fail-with-body -sS \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"items":[{"korzy_id":"37067-f4f731cee8ed7ca04a46"}],"fields":["identity","sale","owner"]}' \
  https://api.korzy.co/v1/enrich

3. Fetch the record again by ID

/v1/records/{id} returns the stored parcel's full record, without owner fields. 1 credit.

curl --fail-with-body -sS \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  https://api.korzy.co/v1/records/37067-f4f731cee8ed7ca04a46
JavaScript
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/v1/records/${encodeURIComponent("37067-f4f731cee8ed7ca04a46")}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.KORZY_API_KEY}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Korzy API ${response.status}`);
const { record } = await response.json();
console.log(record.parceladdr, record.usedesc);

Forsyth County data questions

How many parcels in Forsyth County include year built?
About 140,000 of about 170,000 parcel records (83%) include year built.
Does the Korzy API return owner names for Forsyth County parcels?
Yes. 99% of Forsyth County parcel records carry an owner name. Ask /v1/enrich for the owner group; each parcel then costs 2 credits instead of 1 credit. Lookups and records never include owner fields.
How many data-center projects are in Forsyth County?
Korzy tracks 1 data-center project in Forsyth County: 1 operating. A /v1/lookup with the datacenters section lists projects within 10 km of any address or point.
How much power generation is in Forsyth County?
5 operable power plants in Forsyth County total about 20 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly other fuels and solar.
Which water systems serve Forsyth County?
Service areas of about 20 community water systems cover about 81% of Forsyth County, and sewer service areas cover about 46%. A /v1/lookup with the utilities section returns the water and sewer matches at an address or point.

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Build on Forsyth County parcel data

Lookups, enrichment and records work the same in every county Korzy covers. Credits are shared across parcels, utilities, environment, logistics, power, grid, data-center and terrain sections.