Poultry Feeding Operations on the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Peninsula from 2016 to 2017

Data release contains two shapefiles related to poultry houses on the Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware, Eastern Shore Maryland and, Eastern Shore Virginia). One dataset is a polygon shapefile representing 6013 poultry houses identified using 2016 and 2017 aerial imagery from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Aerial Imagery Program (NAIP). The second dataset is a point shapefile of inactive houses which displayed similar characteristics to the active houses except were overgrown or in a state of disrepair (in some cases only the building's footprint remains).

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CAFO, Chesapeake Bay, Chicken, Delaware, Delmarva, All tags... Eastern shore Maryland, Eastern shore Virginia, Geography, Land Use Change, Maryland, Poultry, Poultry Houses, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Virginia, Water Resources, Wildlife Disease, farming, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Water bodies within 500 meters of poultry feeding operations on the Delmarva Peninsula in 2016 and 2017

Data release contains 1710 polygons representing small bodies of water within 500 meters of poultry feeding operations on the Delmarva Peninsula. Ponds were identified using the USDA's National Agriculture Imagery Program's 2016 and 2017 products. Poultry feeding operations were described in location by Soroka and Duren (2020).

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Avian Influenza, Chesapeake Bay, Chicken, Delaware, Delmarva, All tags... Eastern shore Maryland, Eastern shore Virginia, Ecology, Environmental Health, Hydrology, Land Use Change, Maryland, Ponds, Poultry, Poultry Houses, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Virginia, Water Resources, Waterfowl, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Wildlife Disease, farming, inlandWaters, Fewer tags