United States location information schemes

United States location information schemes.

The following tables detail the location information schemes for the United States:

Table 1. United States FIPS State County location information scheme
Element Description
Area scheme after transformation 1003
Country code 1
ISO country abbreviation US
Required location fields
  • Country
  • Area (state)
  • Subarea (County)
Geocode matching level (user interface) County centroid
GeoMatchLevelCode (in tLocation database table) CNTY
Enhanced GeoMatchLevelCode (in tLocation database table) SUBA
Verisk Synergy Studio location processing Verisk Synergy Studio forward fills the location information that you enter to include the corresponding ZIP 5 (postal) code.
Table 2. United States FIPS State County ZIP 5 location information scheme
Element Description
Country code 1
ISO country abbreviation US
Required location fields
  • Country
  • Postal (ZIP 5)
Geocode matching level (user interface) Postal Code centroid
GeoMatchLevelCode (in tLocation database table) POST
Enhanced GeoMatchLevelCode (in tLocation database table) POST
Verisk Synergy Studio location processing Verisk Synergy Studio backfills using the modeled county and state assigned to each ZIP code. If a ZIP code spans two counties, Verisk Synergy Studio backfills using the county in which the ZIP code centroid falls.
Table 3. United States FIPS State County ZIP 9 location information scheme
Element Description
Country code 1
ISO country abbreviation US
Required location fields

  • Country

  • Postal (ZIP 9)
Geocode matching level (user interface) Relaxed Address
GeoMatchLevelCode (in tLocation database table) ZIP9
Enhanced GeoMatchLevelCode (in tLocation database table) BLCK
Verisk Synergy Studio location processing Verisk Synergy Studio backfills using the modeled county and state assigned to each ZIP code. If a ZIP code spans two counties, Verisk Synergy Studio backfills using the county in which the ZIP code centroid falls.