C04_Exhibit 1 - Market Areas.pdf

This document is an exhibit depicting proposed market areas in Delaware for a contract or project scope. The document presents a geographic division of Delaware into three distinct counties, each with unique environmental and land use characteristics that serve as the basis for the market areas.

New Castle County comprises the northern portion of Delaware and is characterized by tighter urban boundaries, piedmont-transition streams, and smaller pockets of remaining agricultural or pasture lands. Kent County, located in central Delaware, is dominated by tidal and nontidal flood-plain forests alongside standard coastal plain seasonal ponds interspersed with working agricultural farms. Sussex County in southern Delaware features heavily converted agricultural spaces, ditch-drained croplands, and large forested freshwater systems, notably including Cypress Swamp zones. The document provides both textual descriptions and a color-coded map clearly delineating each county's boundaries and geographic location within the state.