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Home » Soil And Water » Soil and Water Conservation Districts List

Virginia's SWCDs by locality


Use the table below the map to find your Soil and Water Conservation District. You can filter the table's content and sort it by clicking on a column header.

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Virginia's SWCDs


No. SWCDs Locality
01 Tidewater
(804) 699-3482
Gloucester; Mathews; Middlesex
02 Thomas Jefferson: (Charlottesville)
(434) 975-0224
Albemarle; Fluvanna; Louisa; Nelson; Charlottesville (City)
03 Southside
(434) 542-5405
Charlotte; Lunenburg
04 Natural Bridge: (Buena Vista, Lexington)
(804) 319-6453
Buena Vista (City); Lexington (City); Rockbridge
05 Piedmont
(434) 392-7071
Amelia; Nottoway; Prince Edward
06 Blue Ridge; (Roanoke)
(540) 352-3312
Franklin; Henry; Roanoke; Roanoke (City)
07 Culpeper
(540) 825-8591
Culpeper; Greene; Madison; Orange; Rappahannock
08 Northern Neck
(804) 313-9102
Lancaster; Northumberland; Richmond; Westmoreland
09 Shenandoah Valley: (Harrisonburg)
(540) 534-3105
Harrisonburg (City); Page; Rockingham
10 Robert E. Lee (Lynchburg)
(434) 352-2819
Amherst; Appomattox; Campbell; Lynchburg (City)
11 New River (Galax)
(276) 601-6163
Carroll; Galax (City); Grayson
12 James River
(804) 732-6550
Chesterfield; Prince George
13 Lord Fairfax: (Winchester)
(540) 465-2424
Clarke; Frederick; Shenandoah; Warren; Winchester (City)
14 Skyline
(540) 381-0071
Floyd; Giles; Montgomery; Pulaski
15 Peanut (Suffolk)
(757) 960-5595
Isle of Wight; Suffolk (City); Surry
16 Mountain (Covington)
(540) 839-4616
Alleghany; Bath; Covington (City); Highland
17 Tri-County/City (Fredericksburg)
(540) 656-2401
Fredericksburg (City); King George; Spotsylvania; Stafford
18 Colonial (Williamsburg)
(804) 695-7904
Charles City; James City; New Kent; Williamsburg (City); York
19 Chowan Basin
(434) 634-2115
Greensville; Southampton; Sussex
20 Eastern Shore
(757) 302-4431
Accomack; Northampton
21 Northern Virginia
(703) 324-7329
Fairfax
22 Virginia Dare (Chesapeake, Virginia Beach)
(757) 385-8589
Chesapeake (City); Virginia Beach (City)
23 Holston River
(276) 628-8187 ext. 4
Washington
24 Daniel Boone
(276) 346-1531 ext. 3
Lee
25 Clinch Valley
(276) 883-5986
Russell
26 Scott County
276) 386-2323
Scott
27 Lonesome Pine
(276) 926-6621
Dickenson; Wise
28 Evergreen
(276) 783-7280
Smyth
29 Tazewell
(276) 979-4190
Tazewell
30 Hanover-Caroline
(804) 537-3009
Caroline; Hanover
31 Pittsylvania
(434) 432-9455
Pittsylvania
32 John Marshall|
(540) 422-8490
Fauquier
33 Halifax
(434) 476-7923
Halifax
34 Peaks of Otter (Bedford)
(540) 587-7645
Bedford; Bedford (City)
35 Prince William
(571) 379-7514
Prince William
36 Loudoun
(571) 918-4530
Loudoun
37 Big Walker
(276) 228-3513
Bland; Wythe
38 Monacan
(804) 556-4936
Goochland; Powhatan
39 Peter Francisco
(434) 983-7923
Buckingham; Cumberland
40 Henricopolis
(804) 501-5175
Henrico
41 Headwaters (Staunton, Waynesboro)
(540) 248-0148
Augusta; Staunton (City); Waynesboro (City)
42 Appomattox River: (Petersburg)
(804) 469-7297
Dinwiddie; Petersburg (City)
43 Three Rivers
(804) 443-4027
Essex; King & Queen; King William
44 Patrick
(276) 694-2911
Patrick
45 Mountain Castles
(540) 580-8373
Botetourt; Craig
46 Lake Country
(434) 738-0150
Brunswick; Mecklenburg
47 Big Sandy
(276) 935-7750
Buchanan

Note: Cities within SWCDs are listed in parentheses after the appropriate district.

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