Virginia’s Use-Value Assessment Program

The purpose of this site is to provide information to those interested in use-value assessment in Virginia.

Current Estimates

*TY2020 draft estimates were presented at the 2019 State Land Evaluation Advisory Council (SLEAC) Meeting on August 14, 2019.  Draft estimates are available from the following contacts:

Agricultural/ Horticultural Estimates - Patrick Kayser - (540) 231-4441
Forest Estimates - Dean Cumbia - (434) 220-9024
Open Space Estimates -  Brian Fuller - (804) 225-3034

Brochures (All Estimates by County/City)

• Brochures TY2019
  

Agricultural and Horticultural Estimates

• Agricultural Land Estimates (Table 1a) TY2019
• Analysis: Agri Land Estimates (Table 1a)
• The Composite Farm and Avg Returns (Table 2) TY2019
• Apple and Tree Fruit Estimates (Table 1b) TY2019
  

Agricultural Rental Rate Estimates

• Rental Rate Estimates TY2019
  

Forest Estimates

• Forest Estimates TY2019
  

Open Space Estimates

• Open Space Estimates TY2019

Recent Updates

Publications/Comments

• Why three piedmont county's use-value estimates differ.
  Why does Goochland have higher estimates for TY2016 than Spotslvania and Orange?
  
  
• Understanding use-value estimates in Northampton and Accomack counties for TY2016.
  An explanation of Northampton and Acomack's TY2016 use-value estimates
  
  

Presentations

• Buckingham Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission: Educational Session September 2017
  Virginia’s Use-value Assessment Program (Buckingham County) (G. Groover)
  Buckingham County Land Use Program: General Overview & Considerations (N. Morris)
  Forestry Land Use: Overview and Update (Buckingham County) (D. Cumbia)

• Virginia Association of Assessing Officers (VAAO) Educational Seminar July 2017
  Agritourism - Fiscal Impact (M. Walker)
  Commisioner's Standards for Classification of Agricutural or Horticultural Use (K. Schmidt)
  Forestry Land Use (T. Groh)
  Soils/Land Class (G. Groover)
  
  
• Fluvanna Board of Superviors: Work Session August 2016
  How it Works: Virginia's Use-value Assessment Program (Fluvanna) (G. Groover)
  
  
• Virginia Association of Assessing Officers (VAAO) Educational Seminar July 2016
  How it Works: Virginia's Use-value Assessment Program (Rockingham) (G. Groover)
  
  
• Eastern Shore Meeting March 2016
  How it Works: Virginia's Use-value Assessment Program (Northampton) (G. Groover)
  
  
• Southeast Virginia Field Crop Conference February 2016
  How it Works: Virginia's Use-value Assessment Program (Chesapeake) (G. Groover)
  
  
• Virginia Association of Assessing Officers (VAAO) Educational Seminar July 2015
  • Land Use Session
    • Agritourism Presentation (T. Miller)
      Agritourism Rockingham Resolution
      Defining Agritourism in Virginia (G. Ferreira)
    • Commissioner's Standards for Classification of Agri or Hort Use (K. Schmidt)