PatchOps

Available tools

5 tools

Tool	Description
`searchStateForests`	VA state forest polygons (26 forests; Appomattox-Buckingham at 19.5K acres is the largest). Filter forestName, minAcres (SUM_Acres), bbox, near. Returns name + acres + polygon geometry.
`searchConservationLands`	VA Conservation Lands aggregator (~14.5K polygons). Filter maType (70 values incl Conservation Easement / State Park / State Forest / State WMA / National Park / Local Park / TNC Preserve), maLevel (Local / State / Federal / Private / VOF / Tribal / Historical Park), maAgency, layerTier (FEE-S / FEE-F / FEE-L / FEE-P / FEE-T / EASEMENT / COHOLD / DESIGNATION), publicAccess (substring match across 38 variants), minAcres (TOTALACRE), bbox. Returns label + name + agency + level + access + acres + polygon geometry. No COUNTY column, filter by name / agency / bbox.
`searchWoodlandCommunities`	VA fire-risk evals of wildland-urban-interface communities (~5,433 points). Filter community, county (UPPERCASE upstream), fireRisk (Low/Moderate/Medium/High/EXTREME), mitigationHazard (Low/Moderate/High/Extreme), comType (Interface / Intermix / Occluded, handler matches typo variants via substring), bbox. Returns risk ratings + community type + fire district + lots + homes built + lat/lon.
`searchDofOffices`	VDOF regional + work area offices (42 points). Filter city, region, name (matches both Location_Name and short name). Returns title + street + city + zip + phone + region + lat/lon. USER_*-prefixed field names are stripped on read.
`getServiceInfo`	Schema, record counts (live), max-page caps, all 70 MATYPE values + 7 MALEVEL + 8 LAYER tiers + 5 fire risk levels, §0 probe notes for any of the 4 curated layers.

About

Virginia Department of Forestry data plus the wider Virginia Conservation Lands aggregator (DCR-curated). Four curated layers: VA State Forests (26 working state forest polygons covering Appomattox-Buckingham 19,512 acres, Big Woods 2,399, Cumberland, Crawfords Knob, Whitney, Channels, Sandy Point, Charlotte, Conway-Robinson, Goshen-Little North Mountain, and 17 others); VDOF Offices (42 regional and work-area offices with phone, address, and region); 2019 Woodland Home Communities (5,433 fire-risk-evaluated wildland-urban-interface communities; Fire_Risk distinct values: High 2,606 / Moderate 1,926 / Low 320 / Medium 27 / EXTREME 3; Mit_Hazard distinct: Low 1,479 / Moderate 1,409 / High 335 / Extreme 74; community type Interface 1,333 / Intermix 1,631 / Occluded 23 with 5 typo variants on the column); Virginia Conservation Lands aggregator (14,535 polygons curated by VA DCR, covering state-managed, federally-managed, and private-easement tracts in VA; MATYPE has 70 distinct values led by Conservation Easement 7,961, Local Park 2,015, National Park 1,307, Non-Profit Fee Simple Holding 482, State Park 339, National Forest 330, State Natural Area Preserve 232, National Wildlife Refuge 223, NF Special Biological Areas 202, TNC Preserve 157, State Wildlife Management Area 152, Military Installation 82, TNC Land Holding 72, Reservoir 52, Local Open Space 52, State Forest 42, Regional Park 42, NPS Holding 374, NF Wilderness Area 25, DWR Land Holding 35; MALEVEL distinct: VOF 3,773 / Local 3,005 / Federal 2,966 / Private 2,601 / State 2,177 / Tribal 12; LAYER tier codes EASEMENT 7,592 / FEE-F 2,393 / FEE-L 2,117 / FEE-S 938 / FEE-P 777 / FEE-T 12 / COHOLD 407 / DESIGNATION 299; PUBACCESS is free-text with 38 variants from 'open' 5,357 to 'closed' 8,300 to 'by arrangement with steward'). Section 0 surprises: VDOF Office column names carry an internal USER_ prefix, which the handler strips on read. WHC County values are UPPERCASE (ACCOMACK / FAIRFAX / GRAYSON); the Conservation Lands aggregator has no COUNTY column at all, so filter by name, agency, or bbox. The WHC Com_Type column has 5 typo variants of Interface/Intermix, which the handler matches via substring so any typo falls in the right bucket. No setup needed. Last verified live 2026-05-08.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use, no setup needed.

Setup

A few steps to connect your AI agents to VA Department of Forestry.

Get started

1
Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and enable VA Department of Forestry with the toggle, no credentials needed.
2
Start Querying
Call searchStateForests with minAcres: 5000 for the largest VA state forests, or searchConservationLands with maType: 'Conservation Easement' and minAcres: 100 for over-100-acre easements, or searchWoodlandCommunities with county: 'FAIRFAX' and fireRisk: 'High' for high-risk woodland-urban-interface communities.

Connect to your AI assistant

Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.

1
Open Claude settings
Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.
2
Access connectors
Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.
3
Name your connector
Enter any name you’d like for this connector.
4
Get the connector URL
Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.
5
Add the connector
Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.
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Start using
Your VA Department of Forestry connector is ready to use in Claude.