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Digital data set of orchards where arsenical pesticides were likely used in Clark and Frederick Counties, Virginia, and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia

Fact Sheet 2006-3134
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20063134

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Abstract

This Fact Sheet provides information on a digital data set that identifies orchard areas under cultivation between the 1920s and 1960s in Clarke and Frederick Counties, Virginia and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia. The apple orchards in these areas likely used arsenical pesticides during this time. The digital data set can be used in a geographic information system (GIS) to identify where elevated arsenic and lead concentrations may be present in soils. The digital data set, the associated metadata, and the related files are available on the World Wide Web at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1330/shapefile/.

Suggested Citation

Reed, B.W., Larkins, P., Robinson, G.R., 2006, Digital data set of orchards where arsenical pesticides were likely used in Clark and Frederick Counties, Virginia, and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3134, HTML Document, https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20063134.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Digital data set of orchards where arsenical pesticides were likely used in Clark and Frederick Counties, Virginia, and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2006-3134
DOI 10.3133/fs20063134
Year Published 2006
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Eastern Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center
Description HTML Document
Country United States
State Virginia, West Virginia
County Berkeley County, Clark County, Frederick County, Jefferson County
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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