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Virginia Department of Forestry — state forests, DOF offices, fire-risk Woodland Home Communities, and the DCR-curated Virginia Conservation Lands aggregator. - searchStateForests ⭐ 26 state forest polygons (Appomattox-Buckingham 19.5K acres + 25 others) - searchConservationLands ⭐ 14,535 polygons across 70 tract types — state parks, forests, WMAs, easements, federal/local/private fee tracts - searchWoodlandCommunities ⭐ 5,433 fire-risk evals (Low/Moderate/Medium/High/EXTREME) - searchDofOffices 42 office points §0: WHC County is UPPERCASE. Conservation Lands has no county column — filter by name/agency/bbox. Com_Type has 5 typo variants of Interface/Intermix.

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Provenance

PublisherVA Department of Forestry
API basehttps://dof.virginia.gov/

Freshness & coverage

FreshnessFreshness not declared
GeographicNot declared
TemporalNot declared
AuthenticationNo credentials required

Methods (5)

  • searchStateForests

    read

    Virginia state forest polygons (26 forests). Filter forestName, minAcres, bbox, near.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "forestName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "minAcres": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        5000
      ]
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "near": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "radiusMiles": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "radiusMiles"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "format": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "records"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "geojson"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    Appomattox-Buckingham at 19.5K acres is the largest.

  • searchConservationLands

    read

    VA Conservation Lands (~14.5K). Filter maType, maLevel, maAgency, layerTier, minAcres.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "maName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "maType": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "State Park"
      ]
    },
    "maLevel": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "maAgency": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "publicAccess": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "layerTier": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "minAcres": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "near": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "radiusMiles": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "radiusMiles"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "format": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "records"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "geojson"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    70 MATYPE values incl Conservation Easement (7,961), State Park, State Forest.

  • searchWoodlandCommunities

    read

    VA fire-risk evals of WUI communities (~5.4K). Filter county, fireRisk, comType.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "community": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "FAIRFAX"
      ]
    },
    "fireRisk": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "High"
      ]
    },
    "mitigationHazard": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "comType": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "near": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "radiusMiles": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "radiusMiles"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "format": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "records"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "geojson"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    County is UPPERCASE upstream. Com_Type has typo variants — substring match.

  • searchDofOffices

    read

    VDOF offices (42 points). Filter city, region, name.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Central"
      ]
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "near": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "radiusMiles": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "radiusMiles"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "format": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "records"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "geojson"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

  • getServiceInfo

    read

    Schema, record counts, max-page caps, conservation lands + WHC enum values, §0 probe notes.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "service": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}