Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
6-2004
Abstract
Lancaster County, Virginia is located at the confluence of the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay (Figure 1). Most of the dunes are located along the Rappahannock River with the remainder along Chesapeake Bay. There are a total of 45 dune sites identified along the Lancaster County shoreline (Figure 2). It is the intent of this publication to provide the user with information on the status of dunes in Lancaster County. This information comes from research performed in 1999 and 2000 which was presented in a report entitled “Chesapeake Bay Dune Systems: Evolution and Status (Hardaway et al., 2001). Although somewhat dated, the information provides a short historical perspective of the state of each site at the time of the site visit. Since much of the data was collected several years ago and the beach and dune systems may have changed, this report is intended only as a resource for coastal zone managers and homeowners; it is not intended for use in determining legal jurisdictional limits.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5DP4H
Keywords
Dunes, Lancaster County, VA, Chesapeake Bay, Rappahannock River, Shoreline Management
Funding
This project was funded by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s Coastal Resources Management Program through Grant #NA17OZ11142-01 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.
Recommended Citation
Hardaway, C., Milligan, D. A., Varnell, L. M., Thomas, G. R., Priest, W. L., Meneghini, L. M., Barnard, T. A., & Wilcox, C. (2004) Lancaster County Dune Inventory. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5DP4H
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