- Shellfish Closing Regional Map
- Shellfish Closing Regions Listed Alphabetically
- Shoreline Surveys
- Downloadable Shellfish Growing Area Display Maps
- GIS Data Viewing via Google Earth *
Select the location of interest by clicking on the city or county on the map or list shown below.
Localities with Shellfish Closures Listed Alphabetically.
- Accomack
- Chesapeake
- Essex
- Gloucester
- Hampton
- Isle of Wight
- James City
- King George
- King and Queen
- King William
- Lancaster
- Mathews
- Middlesex
- New Kent
- Newport News
- Norfolk
- Northampton
- Northumberland
- Poquoson
- Portsmouth
- Richmond
- Suffolk
- Surry
- Virginia Beach
- Westmoreland
- Williamsburg
- York
Shoreline Surveys
Note: These surveys reflect ground condition at the date of the survey completion. The shoreline survey documents listed below by Growing Area Number do NOT show corrections made to noted deficiencies.
Click here for a spreadsheet of shoreline survey deficiencies extracted bi-annually from the Division’s GIS. Search by the following columns “GA #” (Growing Area number) and “Field #” or “Final #” (Deficiency number). Surveillance notes, if recorded, are shown in the column “Surveillance / Correction Notes”.
For shoreline survey deficiency correction related inquiries, or any questions pertaining to shellfish closures and shellfish water classification, please contact Daniel Powell or Adam Wood.
- 001A: Upper Machodoc Creek
- 001: Rosier Creek
- 002: Monroe Bay – Monroe and Mattox Creeks
- 003: Potomac River: Mattox Creek to Currioman Bay
- 004: Nomini and Currioman Bay
- 005: Lower Machodoc Creek
- 006: Gardner, Jackson and Bonum Creeks
- 007: Yeocomico River
- 008: Coan River, The Glebe and Kingcote Creek
- 009: Potomac River: Coan River to Ginny Beach
- 010: Little Wicomico River
- 011: Gaskins and Owens Ponds and Taskmakers Creek
- 012: Cockrell Creek
- 013: Great Wicomico River
- 014: Chesapeake Bay: Mill Creek to Dividing Creek
- 015: Dividing Creek
- 016: Indian, Dymer and Tabbs Creeks
- 017: Little Bay and Antipoison Creek
- 018: Rappahannock River – Windmill Point
- 020: Carter Creek
- 021: Corrotoman River
- 022: Rappahannock River: Towles Point to Deep Creek
- 023: Lancaster, Deep and Mulberry Creeks
- 024: Farnham Creek
- 025: Totuskey and Richardson Creeks
- 025A: Rappahannock River: Totuskey Creek to Tappahannock
- 026A: Rappahannock River: Wares Wharf to Tappahannock Bridge
- 026: Rappahannock River: Wares Wharf to Mud Creek
- 027: Rappahannock River: Mud and Parrotts Creeks
- 028: Lagrange and Robinson Creeks
- 029: Urbanna Creek
- 030: Whiting and Meachim Creeks
- 031: Locklies and Mill Creeks
- 032: Bush Park and Sturgeon Creeks
- 033: Jackson and Broad Creeks
- 034: Piankatank River, Lower
- 035: Piankatank River, Upper
- 036: Gwynn Island
- 037: Stutts, Queens and Whites Creeks
- 038: Winter Harbor and Garden Creek
- 039: Horn Harbor and Dyer Creek
- 040: Mobjack Bay: New Point Comfort to East River
- 041: East River
- 042: North River
- 043: Ware River
- 044: Severn River
- 045: Browns Bay and Monday Creek
- 046: Sarah Creek and Perrin River
- 047: York River: Gloucester Point to Allmondsville
- 048: York River: Poropotank and Puritan Bays
- 049: York River: West Point Vicinity
- 050: York River: Camp Peary to Terrapin Point
- 051: York River: Camp Peary to Yorktown
- 052: York River: Yorktown to Goodwin Islands
- 053: Poquoson River and Back Creek
- 054: Back River
- 055: Chesapeake Bay: Back River to Old Point Comfort
- 056: Hampton Roads: Old Point Comfort to Newport News Point
- 057: James River: Newport News Point to Deep Creek
- 058: Warwick River and Deep Creek
- 059: James River: Mulberry Point to Jamestown Island
- 060: Cobham Bay and Lawnes Creek
- 061: Pagan River
- 062: Chuckatuck Creek
- 063: Nansemond River
- 064: Hampton Roads: Nansemond River to Elizabeth River
- 065: Elizabeth River: Lafayette River
- 066: Hampton Roads: Tanner Point to Willoughby Spit
- 067: Ocean View – Willoughby
- 068: Little Creek
- 069: Chesapeake Bay: Little Creek to Lynnhaven Bay
- 070: Lynnhaven Bay
- 071: Broad and Linkhorn Bays
- 072: Cape Henry
- 073: Virginia Beach
- 074: Smith and Fox Islands
- 075: Pocomoke Sound
- 076: Messongo and Guilford Creeks
- 077: Hunting and Deep Creeks
- 078: Tangier, Goose and Watts Island
- 079: Chesconessex Creek
- 080: Onancock and Matchotank Creeks
- 081: Pungoteague Creek
- 082: Nandua and Curratuck Creeks
- 083: Craddock Creek
- 084: Occohannock Creek
- 085: Nassawadox Creek
- 086: Hungars and Mattawoman Creeks
- 087: The Gulf
- 088: Cherrystone Inlet
- 089: Cape Charles
- 090: Chesapeake Bay: Old Plantation Creek to Cape Charles Point
- 092: Fishermans Island
- 093: Seaside: Cape Charles Point to Seaview
- 094: Seaside: Seaview to Eastville Station
- 095: Seaside: Eastville Station to Nassawadox
- 096: Machipongo River
- 097: Seaside: Finney and Folly Creeks
- 098: Seaside: Metompkin, Gargathy and Kegotank Bays
- 099: Seaside: Bogues and Shells Bays
- 100: Chincoteague Bay
- 101: Chincoteague Channel and Toms Cove
- 102: Assateague Channel and Oyster Bay
Shellfish Growing Area Display Maps
Maps displaying the Division’s recognized shellfish growing area watersheds.
- Growing Area Map (D-size) – 4 Mb pdf file. Print was designed for 22″x23″ paper size. Printing to 8.5″ x 11″ or 11″ x 17″ is not recommended because small text will be illegible.
- Field Office Territory Map – 2.4Mb pdf file. Print was designed for 8.5″ x 11″ paper size.
GIS Data Viewing
Web display of the Division’s (1) classified shellfish harvesting waters, (2) sampling stations with updated fecal coliform statistics and (3) uncorrected shoreline survey deficiencies and significant properties are available for viewing by clicking on the Google Earth* logo ‘marble’ above. Please note, you will need to have either the Google Earth* or ESRI ArcGIS Earth** web browser plug-in software loaded to your PC to view this data. Lastly, please also note that this data is made available solely as a supplement to our existing documents and in-house data files. Questions as to data currentness, accuracy, etc. should be made to the Division’s Central Office classification staff.
*Google Earth and the marble logo are trademarks of Google Inc.
**ArcGIS Earth is a trademark of ESRI, Inc.