Summary Statement:

This metadata summary applies exclusively to the data as it appears in this Loudoun County intranet/internet mapping application. To see the fully FGDC compliant version of this metadata click here

Abstract:

This data set identifies properties that participate in and are part of Agricultural and Forestal overlay districts according to State enabling legislation per the Virginia State Code, Chapter 43, Section 15.2, Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act. The Department of Economic Development administers the County’s Agricultural District program.

Purpose:

This layer identifies properties within each of the Agricultural Districts, which are used by participants to preserve farmland and open space through parcel subdivision restrictions. Each Agricultural District has unique terms and subdivision restrictions.

Supplemental Information:

A parcel is not the smallest unit within an Agricultural District. A portion of any parcel can be in or out of a district, through appropriate reviews, without an official subdivision.

Data are stored in the corporate ArcSDE Geodatabase as a feature class. The coordinate system is Virginia State Plane (North), Zone 4501, datum NAD83 HARN.

Maintenance and Update Frequency:

As Needed.

Maintenance has changed from a GIS or spatial based system to a tabular system. Currently Agricultural District (Ag Dist) data is maintained in LMIS through a custom interface with the LMIS database. When Ag Dist data changes in LMIS, GIS must be updated.

Completeness Report:

Features may have been eliminated or generalized due to scale and intended use. To assist Loudoun County, Virginia in the maintenance of the data, please provide any information concerning discovered errors, omissions, or other discrepancies found in the data.

Agricultural District Names:

   ALDIE:   New Aldie
   BEAVER:  Beaverdam Valley
   BLUEMT:  New Bluemont
   CATN:    New Catoctin North
   CATS:    New Catoctin South
   CHRLCK:  Chrysalis Vineyards/Locksley Estate
   EBEN:    New Ebenezer
   FETHER:  New Featherbed
   HILLBK:  Hillbrook
   HILLBO:  New Hillsboro
   HUGHES:  New Hughesville
   LOVETT:  New Lovettsville
   LUCKET:  New Lucketts
   MDLEST:  Middleburg East
   MDLWST:  Middleburg West 
   MTGIL:   New Mount Gilead
   MTVLLE:  New Mountville
   OAKHIL:  New Oak Hill
   OATLND:  Oatlands
   RCKLND:  New Rockland
   UPPER:   New Upperville

Data Owner:

Department of Planning and Zoning