This feature layer describes property parcels reported to be associated with six utility-scale solar projects in Buckingham, Albemarle and Cumberland counties, VA.Purpose:This layer displays the boundaries of property parcels associated with these solar projects, and additional information, such as project name, developer, total acreage, rated power (megawatts - MW) and potentially affected waterways.Source & Date:Buckingham County parcels were extracted from a September 2020 parcel layer of Buckingham County obtained during previous work for Friends of Buckingham. Parcel data for individual projects in Buckingham County were obtained from the following Public Hearing notices concerning Special Use Permit applications submitted to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors.Riverstone Solar – February 28, 2022Pineside Solar – June 27, 2022Blue Rock Solar – November 14. 2023Mountain Pine Arvonia – January 8, 2024Parcel data for Cumberland County was extracted from the Virginia Geographic Information Network's (VGIN) Parcels REST Service, as they are not available for download from the county. Parcel numbers and owners for the Hecate Energy project was taken from a table of landowners, included with the developer's Conditional Use Permit application. This information was used to find parcel acreage on the Cumberland County online GIS, which was manually entered into this layer's data table. This all took place on Feb. 27th, 2024.Parcel data for the Woodridge Solar project in Albemarle County was extracted from the Current Parcels data layer available on the county's GIS data website, downloaded Feb. 27, 2024.Processing:Parcels were identified by the Parcel_ID numbers provided in Special Use Permit applications submitted to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors. Boundaries were checked against those displayed in Buckingham County's online parcel viewer. Parcel 38-74 did not appear in the 2020 layer. Querying the current version (1/25/2024) of Buckingham County's online parcel viewer does not return this parcel number. For now, we are assuming the parcel was recently split from another, larger parcel. Once Buckingham County has updated its parcel viewer, we will update this layer as necessary.Cumberland County's parcels, unavailablr for download, were extracted from the VGIN statewide parcels layer (above). Owner name and acreage were manually populated, based on Parcel ID (included in the Conditional Use Permit application), using the CUP and Cumberland's online GIS.Albemarle County parcels were extracted by Parcel ID.The three parcel layers were merged in ArcMap. Albemarle parcel data was copied to corresponding fields using the Field Calculator. Duplicate and unnecessary fields were deleted using Delete Field.Symbology:Parcels are shown as semi-transparent, purple polygons.
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Topographic map of the Appottomax-Buckingham Forest, Virginia 1968. This map was digitized and georeferenced by Virginia Tech University Library. GeoTIFF can be downloaded as a ZIP package at the following location; https://secure-archive.gis.vt.edu/gisdata/public/DigitizedMapCollections/VirginiaTechUniversityLibraries/VTU_DMC_000042.zip. The associated ZIP package contains an original scanned image and an image georeferenced using ArcGIS Pro.
This feature layer describes the general location of 4 proposed utility-scale solar projects in Buckingham County, VA.Purpose:The layer shows generalized project boundaries, suitable for a county-wide project location map.Source & Date:Parcel data for individual projects in Buckingham County were obtained from the following Public Hearing notices concerning Special Use Permit applications submitted to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors.Riverstone Solar – February 28, 2022Pineside Solar – June 27, 2022Blue Rock Solar – November 14. 2023Mountain Pine Arvonia – January 8, 2024Parcel identification data for the Hecate Energy Cumberland Solar project was obtained from a table of landowners submitted as part of the project's Conditional Use Permit. Actual parcel data was extracted from the Virginia Geographic Information Network's (VGIN) parcel REST Service. Acreages for Cumberland County parcels were recorded manually from Cumberland County's online GIS.Parcel data for the Woodridge Solar project in Albemarle County was extracted from the Albemarle County Current Parcels data package, downloaded on Feb 27, 2024.Processing:Graphic rectangles were drawn in ArcMap around the groups of parcels hosting the projects. These graphic polygons were converted to a shapefile. Data was manually entered, based on the project and it's related attributes. The shapefile was zipped and uploaded to ArcGIS Online, and published as a feature layer.Symbology:Project locations are represented by hollow rectangles with red outlines.
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This feature layer describes property parcels reported to be associated with six utility-scale solar projects in Buckingham, Albemarle and Cumberland counties, VA.Purpose:This layer displays the boundaries of property parcels associated with these solar projects, and additional information, such as project name, developer, total acreage, rated power (megawatts - MW) and potentially affected waterways.Source & Date:Buckingham County parcels were extracted from a September 2020 parcel layer of Buckingham County obtained during previous work for Friends of Buckingham. Parcel data for individual projects in Buckingham County were obtained from the following Public Hearing notices concerning Special Use Permit applications submitted to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors.Riverstone Solar – February 28, 2022Pineside Solar – June 27, 2022Blue Rock Solar – November 14. 2023Mountain Pine Arvonia – January 8, 2024Parcel data for Cumberland County was extracted from the Virginia Geographic Information Network's (VGIN) Parcels REST Service, as they are not available for download from the county. Parcel numbers and owners for the Hecate Energy project was taken from a table of landowners, included with the developer's Conditional Use Permit application. This information was used to find parcel acreage on the Cumberland County online GIS, which was manually entered into this layer's data table. This all took place on Feb. 27th, 2024.Parcel data for the Woodridge Solar project in Albemarle County was extracted from the Current Parcels data layer available on the county's GIS data website, downloaded Feb. 27, 2024.Processing:Parcels were identified by the Parcel_ID numbers provided in Special Use Permit applications submitted to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors. Boundaries were checked against those displayed in Buckingham County's online parcel viewer. Parcel 38-74 did not appear in the 2020 layer. Querying the current version (1/25/2024) of Buckingham County's online parcel viewer does not return this parcel number. For now, we are assuming the parcel was recently split from another, larger parcel. Once Buckingham County has updated its parcel viewer, we will update this layer as necessary.Cumberland County's parcels, unavailablr for download, were extracted from the VGIN statewide parcels layer (above). Owner name and acreage were manually populated, based on Parcel ID (included in the Conditional Use Permit application), using the CUP and Cumberland's online GIS.Albemarle County parcels were extracted by Parcel ID.The three parcel layers were merged in ArcMap. Albemarle parcel data was copied to corresponding fields using the Field Calculator. Duplicate and unnecessary fields were deleted using Delete Field.Symbology:Parcels are shown as semi-transparent, purple polygons.