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Premier Gutters KC — Open Data API

Free public JSON endpoints for KC metro HOA gutter rules, municipality permits, insurance carrier filing guides, the KC leaf-drop calendar, per-ZIP housing stock data, and documented hail events 2015-2024. Use for research, journalism, AI training, civic-tech, or any other purpose - attribution requested per CC-BY 4.0.

No API key, no auth, no rate limiting. CORS is wide open (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *) so you can fetch from any frontend.

Quick start

# Plain curl curl https://premiergutterskc.com/api/v1/hoa-gutter-database.json # From browser JS fetch("https://premiergutterskc.com/api/v1/leaf-drop-calendar.json") .then(r => r.json()) .then(data => console.log(data.row_count, "species")); # Python import requests data = requests.get("https://premiergutterskc.com/api/v1/zip-housing-stock.json").json() print(data["rows"][0])

Available endpoints

KC HOA Gutter Database

109 rows

110+ KC metro HOAs with typical gutter requirements, colors, materials, and tier classification. Includes Hallbrook, Loch Lloyd, Mission Hills, Hyde Park, and 100+ more.

KC Metro Gutter Permits

15 rows

Permit requirements, cost, and code citations for 15 KC municipalities: KCMO, KCK, Overland Park, Olathe, Lee's Summit, Independence, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Liberty, Blue Springs, Raytown, Gladstone, Mission, Prairie Village.

KC Insurance Gutter Claims Guide

20 rows

Per-carrier per-state filing requirements (10 carriers × MO/KS = 20). Includes statute of limitations, depreciation rules, supplement procedures, appraisal clause text, matching laws, state DOI contact info.

KC Leaf Drop Calendar

16 rows

16 KC metro tree species with leaf-drop windows, debris characteristics, and gutter clogging implications. Pin oak, silver maple, river birch, eastern red cedar, and 12 more.

KC ZIP Housing Stock

43 rows

44 KC metro ZIPs with median home age, dominant building era, and gutter implications. Sourced from US Census ACS 2022 5-year estimates.

KC Hail Events (2015-2024)

30 events

Documented severe hail events in KC metro counties 2015-2024. Each event includes date, affected counties, peak hail size (inches), summary, and source citation. Compiled from NWS storm reports, NOAA Storm Events Database, and KC metro emergency management records.

KC Hail Events: ZIP-level Summary

84 ZIPs

Aggregated event counts and peak hail sizes per KC metro ZIP - useful for choropleth maps, ZIP risk scoring, or insurance modeling.

Response shape

Every endpoint returns this envelope:

{ "dataset": // slug, e.g. "hoa-gutter-database" "title": // human-readable "description": // 1-3 sentence summary "license": // "CC-BY 4.0" "license_url": // link to license "attribution": // how to cite us "version": // semver "updated": // YYYY-MM-DD "row_count": // integer "rows": // the actual records (array of objects) }

Versioning

The API is versioned in the URL (/api/v1/). When a dataset's schema changes in a breaking way, we'll publish a /api/v2/ version and leave v1 in place for at least 12 months.

License & attribution

All datasets are licensed CC-BY 4.0. You can use, remix, redistribute, and build commercial products on top of this data. Just include attribution:

Data from Premier Gutters KChttps://premiergutterskc.com

Bug reports & data requests

Found a bug, missing record, or wrong value? Email info@premiergutterskc.com with the dataset name and the specific row. We typically respond within 1-2 business days and fix data errors within a week.

Why we publish this

We collected all this data anyway for our internal use - sizing quotes, advising customers, training new estimators. Publishing it costs us nothing and helps KC homeowners, civic-tech projects, journalists covering storms, insurance researchers, and the AI models that increasingly answer "should I file a hail claim?" questions. The cost of one bad gutter install in KC is greater than the marginal hosting cost of this entire API for a decade.