VDOT Plows
Datathon 2025
Updated Oct 17, 2026
About this dataset
<div><div><span style='font-size: large;'><b>Overview</b></span><br /></div><div><p><font size='4'></font></p>
<p><font size='4'>VDOT divides Virginia into 9 maintenance districts, when a
snow event requires streets to be plowed the affected areas are color coded. A
mobilization scale of 1 to 5 is used to measure the severity level. In general,
an event with a mobilization of three or greater will trigger plowing
activities and the district will be shaded in blue. For mobilizations less than
3, the district will be shaded gray and limited plowing may be conducted on
major highways. When there is no event level, the district will have no
shading. The Mobilization Plan, Road Status and Help links on the page will
provide detailed information on snow events and removal operations.<br /></font></p><p><font size='4'></font></p>
<p><font size='4'><b>Local Operations</b><br /></font></p><p><font size='4'></font></p>
<p><font size='4'>As the map is zoomed into a particular location, street
level plowing activity may be displayed. VDOT is testing two different
technologies to determine the best solution for showing the progress of snow
plowing in the Commonwealth and the method to display the plowing progress in
the districts will vary. The following sections will explain how snow plowing
activity will be displayed during a mobilization level of 3 or greater.<br /></font></p><p><font size='4'></font></p>
<p><font size='4'><b>Northern Virginia & Fredericksburg</b><br /></font></p><p><font size='4'></font></p>
<p><font size='4'>In Northern Virginia (Nova) and Fredericksburg, the
districts are divided up by service areas know as Local Area Headquarters and
then further sub-divided into neighborhoods. These subdivisions are visible as
you zoom into the district. When plowing is underway, the location of plow
trucks is updated every two minutes and the neighborhoods are color coded
depending on their stage of completion.<br /></font></p><p><font size='4'></font></p>
<p><font size='4'><b>Remaining Districts</b><br /></font></p><p><font size='4'></font></p>
<p><font size='4'>The balance of the state at this time will not be displaying
plowing activities for neighborhoods. However, once plowing is underway, the
location of snow plow trucks is updated every two minutes.</font><br /></p><p></p></div></div>
Data and resources (2)
- HTML
ArcGIS Hub Dataset
Modified Apr 17, 2026
- ArcGIS
ArcGIS GeoService
Modified Apr 17, 2026