Story County, Iowa: parcel data and property records
43,886 Story County parcels on one searchable map: owner of record and mailing address and assessed and appraised values, plus lot boundaries and location. Screen by absentee ownership and acreage.
What the data covers
These bars show real field-by-field coverage for Story County in our database, so you know exactly what you are getting before you search. Numbers refresh as the county publishes new records.
Not held for Story County: recorded sales, year built, zoning and vacancy. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.
Areas covered
Parcel counts by place, largest first: Ames (21,183), Nevada (2,722), Huxley (1,570), Story City (1,523), Slater (663).
Land use mix
The most common land use or property class on file, as the county writes it, by share of parcels with one: Residential 71%, Agricultural 21%, Commercial 7%, Exempt 1%, Multiresidential 1%.
Nearest counties
- Marshall County: about 24 mi away, 27,267 parcels
- Boone County: about 24 mi away, 24,452 parcels
- Polk County: about 26 mi away, 191,309 parcels
- Hardin County: about 26 mi away, 21,667 parcels
- Hamilton County: about 27 mi away, 18,960 parcels
Search Story County parcels
The map is free to browse - parcel lines, boundaries, and location. Owner of record, assessed values and the full parcel report come with a plan that costs less than one hour of a title runner's time.
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Common questions
How many parcels are in Story County, Iowa?
Parcelio carries 43,886 parcel records for Story County, Iowa, with owner information on 99 percent of them.
Can I find out who owns a property in Story County?
Yes. Search by owner name, address, or parcel number to pull the record: owner of record and mailing address, assessed values and lot lines on the map.
How do I find vacant land or absentee owners in Story County?
We do not hold vacancy data for Story County yet, so this filter has nothing to match there. Vacancy filters work in the counties where we hold the field. Story County does have owner mailing state: 2,890 parcels have an owner mailing address outside Iowa.
Can I search Story County by lot size or acreage?
Yes. Acreage is on 83 percent of Story County parcels, mapped from the parcel boundary, and the advanced search filters on it directly - set a minimum and maximum to pull every tract in that range, then stack vacancy or absentee ownership on top.