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Hydrography

Transportation

Soil and Landuse

Plant Associations

Bird Nesting Sites

EcoMap Coverages




HYDROGRAPHY

    1:100,000-Scale Digital Line Graphs (DLG)

    ArcView coverage name: H100K.
    Description: Sumberged, tidal, wetland
    and shoreline features.


















<-- Area (polygon) and line (arc) -->
coverages.


Click Here for Quick Metadata - AREA.
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Click Here for Complete Metadata.
Click Here for Big USGS Code List.



Also Available:
BASEMAP ArcView Coverage Name: OUTLINE
Description: Shoreline and northern county boundary line.
This coverage can be used as a basemap for other coverages.
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TRANSPORTATION



    1:100,000-Scale Digital Line Graphs (DLG)



ROAD and TRAIL FEATURES







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RAILROAD FEATURES








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MISC. TRANSPORTATION FEATURES








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TOWN of CAPE CHARLES




1:6000-scale


      ArcView coverage name: town
      Description : Streetmap for the town of Cape Charles, VA.
      Contains roadclass, street names and USGS road code attributes.





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    SOIL and LANDUSE



    GENERAL SOIL MAP

    1:190,000-Scale
    (Outline is 1:100,000-scale)




        ArcView coverage name: SOIL
        Description: Soil type classification map, meant for general planning
        purposes (four soil class types).





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      Also available: ArcView coverage SOILORIG
      Description: Identical to SOIL; with origional outline
      boundary of 1:190,000-scale
      Click Here for SOILORIG Graphic
      Click Here for SOILORIG Quick Metadata
      Click Here for SOILORIG Complete Metadata











    DETAILED SOIL MAP
    CAPE CHARLES AREA



      ArcView coverage name: CC_SOIL
      1:15,540-scale
      Description: Soil Conservation Survey Detailed Soil Map







    Box identifies location of detailed area.




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    VCR LANDUSE
    and VEGETATION COVER
    1993

      Arc file: NHTM93S3

      Description: Landuse and
      vegetation cover derived
      x from satelite TM image.

      5 classes:
      Forest/shrub
      Bare/Sand
      Crop/Grassland
      Water
      Salt Marsh

      Polygon coverage.
      100x100 ft. approximate
      resolution.





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PLANT ASSOCIATIONS
for the BARRIER ISLANDS



1:20,000-scale

Description: Vegetation maps and descriptions of
plant associations compiled for 16 barrier and marsh
islands on the seaward margin of the Delmarva Peninsula.

The islands which are not part of Northampton County
have not been prepared for this document and image set,
but may be obtained from the VCR-LTER




    HOG ISLAND PLANT ASSOCIATIONS

      ArcView coverage name: hog







    COBB ISLAND PLANT ASSOCIATIONS

      ArcView coverage name: cobb






    WRECK ISLAND PLANT ASSOCIATIONS

      ArcView coverage name: wreck






    SHIP SHOAL ISLAND PLANT ASSOCIATIONS

      ArcView coverage name: ships





    MYRTLE ISLAND PLANT ASSOCIATIONS

      ArcView coverage name: myrtle





    SMITH ISLAND PLANT ASSOCIATIONS

      ArcView coverage name: smith






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BIRD NESTING SITES
    ArcView coverage name: birds
    Description: Bird nesting sites for 1993.

    Information includes:
    location
    species and common name
    number of adults, chicks, eggs and nests land owner and management area.

    Note: Plover nesting sites are available,
    but not included on this map.

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Note: Plover nesting sites are available,
but not included on this map.


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EcoMap Coverages


Hydrology

    ArcView coverage name:emsp_hyd



Drive

    ArcView coverage name:em_drive



Grid

    ArcView coverage name:em_grid



Other EcoMap Coverages on file:
    em_road1
    em_road2
    em_shore
    em_swamp
    em_trans
    em_trib
Click Here for A note about the EcoMap dataset.

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Created by Anne L. Halpin and David L. Richardson. Last updated 24 May 1995.


Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903

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