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 Agricultures 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).

Data and Resources

Field Value
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publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • cafo
  • chesapeake-bay
  • chicken
  • ckan
  • delaware
  • delmarva
  • eastern-shore-maryland
  • eastern-shore-virginia
  • farming
  • geo
  • geoss
  • inlandwaters
  • maryland
  • national
  • north-america
  • poultry
  • poultry-houses
  • united-states
  • usgs-5e0a3fcde4b0b207aa0d794e
  • virginia
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maintainer Alexander M Soroka
maintainer_email asoroka@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T22:04:05.488911
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T22:04:05.488916
notes 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 Agricultures 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).
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num_tags 22
title Poultry Feeding Operations on the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Peninsula from 2016 to 2017