Datasets

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Virginia Springs/Groundwater Layers - 2023

VDEQ Spring SITES The VDEQ Spring SITES database contains data describing the geographic locations and site attributes of natural springs throughout the commonwealth. This data coverage continues to evolve and contains…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Virginia County Fiscal Stress

Polygon layer representing the Fiscal Stress of Virginia's Cities and Counties. Data from VA Dept of Housing and Community Development and Virginia Admin Boundaries Dataset (VGIN). For more information please see the…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Virginia Physiographic Regions

This is a polygon coverage of Physiographic Divisions in the conterminous United States cropped to the state boundary of Virginia. It was automated from Fenneman's 1:7,000,000-scale map, "Physical Divisions of the…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Basins

Polygon layer representing the spatial extent of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed with major basins delineated.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

DEQ Office Locations

A point layer representing locations of Virginia DEQ regional and central office locations.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Renewable Energy Development Atlas

The Virginia Renewable Energy Development Atlas (REDA) is planning-level spatial data locating the Commonwealth's renewable energy permit boundaries. This dataset contains polygons for renewable energy sites, excluding…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Low Income Communities

This dataset represents the geospatial extent as polygons and the corresponding attribution for census block groups that meet the definition of low-income communities according to the Virginia 2020 Environmental Justice…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

2018 Final WQA Monitoring Stations

Sites within Virginia where DEQ or other data providers have collected water column, sediment, fish tissue or benthic macroinvertebrate samples within the given assessment data window (2018). Attributes assigned to each…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

County Fiscal Stress 2022

Polygon layer representing the Fiscal Stress of Virginia's Cities and Counties. Data from VA Dept of Housing and Community Development and Virginia Admin Boundaries Dataset (VGIN).

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts

Polygon layer showing the boundaries of Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Sec 130 Development Atlas

The Virginia Renewable Energy Development Atlas (REDA) is planning-level spatial data locating the Commonwealth's renewable energy permit locations. This dataset contains point addresses for renewable energy Section 130…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Estuarine Waters / Estuaries

This is a reference dataset for the Virginia Water Quality Standards for the tidal waters, represented as polygons, within the Virginia state boundary. See section 9VAC-25-260 of the Virginia Administrative Code for…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

VWP SSWD Boundaries

Work impacting state surface waters may require a VWP permit in accordance with VWP program regulations and State Water Control Law. A complete application for a VWP permit requires a State Surface Waters Determination…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Renewable Energy Permits

This dataset represents the geospatial location of Renewable Energy projects tracked by Virginia DEQ; data type is point. This dataset is updated daily. Note that the 'date modified' metadata is not reflective of these…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Coastal Avian Protection Zones (CAPZ)

The CAPZ (Coastal Avian Protection Zones) layer was created to allow small renewable energy project applicants to identify areas that are critically important to coastal avian resources. Utilized in concert with…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

Communities of Color - Over Statewide Average Open Data

This data supports the identification of Virginia’s environmental justice communities with additional layers available on the Virginia EJScreen+ Experience Builder for community outreach purposes such as public…

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

DEQ Regional Boundaries

Polygon layer depicting Virginia DEQ's regional boundaries throughout the state.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

2020 Final WQA Monitoring Stations

Point layer of water quality monitoring stations included in the 2020 305(b)/303(d) Integrated Report Click Here to view Data Fact Sheet.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality · via Virginia State Data

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