Description: <div style="text-align:Left;"><div><div><p><span>The Fire District dataset was originally created by using the Assessor-Treasurer's (ATR) 2006 parcel records and have been maintained by the Auditors office since then. The parcel tax records contain information on which fire district receives taxes from that property. The ATR Cartography group performed a parcel based analysis to code parcels with the school and fire district information. Single polygons for each fire district were created by GIS staff consolidating the parcel polygons by removing right-of-ways, fixing anomalies and aligning boundaries to parcels or road centerlines, railroads and the center of rivers. Please contact the appropriate fire district for boundaries defined by legal description, as these are not legal or RESPONSE districts. These boundaries are approximations and are for general information purposes only.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16px;">Fire District boundary polygons throughout Pierce County. These are not legal boundaries or response districts. They are aligned to parcels and used by the Auditor's office for election purposes. Please read metadata for additional information (</span><a href="https://matterhorn.piercecountywa.gov/GISmetadata/pdbaudit_fire_districts.html" style="font-size:16px;" target="_blank">https://matterhorn.piercecountywa.gov/GISmetadata/pdbaudit_fire_districts.html</a><span style="font-size:16px;">). Any data download constitutes acceptance of the Terms of Use (</span><a href="https://matterhorn.piercecountywa.gov/disclaimer/PierceCountyGISDataTermsofUse.pdf" style="font-size:16px;" target="_blank">https://matterhorn.piercecountywa.gov/disclaimer/PierceCountyGISDataTermsofUse.pdf</a><span style="font-size:16px;">).</span><span></span></p></div></div></div>
Copyright Text: Tony De Paul, Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer (ATR); Charles Johnson, Pierce County GIS; Amy Geisen, Pierce County Elections Division