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This is a list of U.S. state soils. A state soil is a soil that has special significance to a particular state. Each state in the United States has selected a state soil, twenty of which have been legislatively established. These official state soils share the same level of distinction as official state flowers and birds. Also, representative soils have been selected for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[1]
Table
State federal district or territory |
State soil |
Image |
Year adopted as official state symbol (if any)
|
| Alabama
|
Bama |
 |
1997[2]
|
| Alaska
|
Tanana |
|
|
| Arizona
|
Casa Grande |
|
|
| Arkansas
|
Stuttgart |
|
1997
|
| California
|
San Joaquin |
 |
1997
|
| Colorado
|
Seitz[3] |
 |
|
| Connecticut
|
Windsor |
|
proposed[4]
|
| Delaware
|
Greenwich |
|
2000
|
| Florida
|
Myakka |
 |
1989
|
| Georgia
|
Tifton |
|
|
| Hawaii
|
Hilo |
 |
|
| Idaho
|
Threebear |
|
|
| Illinois
|
Drummer |
 |
2001
|
| Indiana
|
Miami |
 |
|
| Iowa
|
Tama |
|
|
| Kansas
|
Harney |
|
1990
|
| Kentucky
|
Crider |
 |
1990
|
| Louisiana
|
Ruston |
|
|
| Maine
|
Chesuncook (soil) |
|
1999
|
| Maryland
|
Sassafras |
|
|
| Massachusetts
|
Paxton |
|
1990
|
| Michigan
|
Kalkaska |
|
1990
|
| Minnesota
|
Lester |
 |
2012
|
| Mississippi
|
Natchez |
|
2003
|
| Missouri
|
Menfro |
 |
|
| Montana
|
Scobey |
|
2015[5]
|
| Nebraska
|
Holdrege (soil) |
|
1979
|
| Nevada
|
Orovada |
|
2001
|
| New Hampshire
|
Marlow[6] |
|
| New Jersey
|
Downer |
|
|
| New Mexico
|
Penistaja |
|
|
| New York
|
Honeoye |
|
|
| North Carolina
|
Cecil |
 |
|
| North Dakota
|
Williams |
|
|
| Ohio
|
Miamian |
|
|
| Oklahoma
|
Port Silt Loam |
 |
1987
|
| Oregon
|
Jory |
 |
2011[7][8]
|
| Pennsylvania
|
Hazleton (soil) |
|
|
| Puerto Rico
|
Bayamon |
|
|
| Rhode Island
|
Narragansett |
|
|
| South Carolina
|
Bohicket |
|
|
| South Dakota
|
Houdek |
 |
1990
|
| Tennessee
|
Dickson |
|
|
| Texas
|
Houston Black |
|
|
| Utah
|
Mivida[9] |
|
|
| Vermont
|
Tunbridge |
|
1985
|
| Virgin Islands
|
Victory |
|
|
| Virginia
|
Pamunkey |
|
|
| Washington (state)
|
Tokul |
 |
proposed[10]
|
| West Virginia
|
Monongahela |
|
1997
|
| Wisconsin
|
Antigo |
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1983
|
| Wyoming
|
Forkwood |
|
|
See also
- List of state soil science associations
- List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
- Soil in the United States
References
- ↑ "State Soils". U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils/.
- ↑ "Official Alabama Soil". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2004-06-15. http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_soil.html.
- ↑ "Seitz -- Colorado State Soil". Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. August 23, 2022. https://nrcs.app.box.com/s/b7j0swuayb9ifqckz1020tjzpt9tusti/file/1000288963185.
- ↑ "Windsor – Proposed State Soil". Connecticut Soils. Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/soil-windsor.html.
- ↑ "LAWS Detailed Bill Information Page". http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20151&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&P_BILL_NO=176&P_BILL_DFT_NO=&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ2=&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=.
- ↑ "Marlow". https://extension.illinois.edu/soil/st_soils/nh_soil.htm.
- ↑ "House Concurrent Resolution 3, 2011". Oregon State Legislature. 2011. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/hcr1.dir/hcr0003.intro.html.
- ↑ Mapes, Jeff (May 24, 2011). "Jory soil, not just any dirt, is named Oregon's state soil". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/jory_soil_not_just_any_dirt_is.html.
- ↑ "Soils | NRCS Utah". http://www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soils/index.html.
- ↑ "Tokul – Washington State Soil". State Soils. Natural Resources Conservation Service. ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/wa_soil.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
External links
- Official State Soils
- United States Dept. of Agriculture: State Soils
Soil classification |
|---|
| USDA soil taxonomy |
- Alfisols
- Andisols
- Aridisols
- Entisols
- Gelisols
- Histosols
- Inceptisols
- Mollisols
- Oxisols
- Spodosols
- Ultisols
- Vertisols
|
|---|
World Reference Base for Soil Resources (1998–) |
- Acrisols
- Alisols
- Andosols
- Anthrosols
- Arenosols
- Calcisols
- Cambisols
- Chernozem
- Cryosols
- Durisols
- Ferralsols
- Fluvisols
- Gleysols
- Gypsisols
- Histosol
- Kastanozems
- Leptosols
- Lixisols
- Luvisols
- Nitisols
- Phaeozems
- Planosols
- Plinthosols
- Podzols
- Regosols
- Retisols
- Solonchaks
- Solonetz
- Stagnosol
- Technosols
- Umbrisols
- Vertisols
|
|---|
| Other systems |
- FAO soil classification (1974–98)
- Unified Soil Classification System
- AASHTO Soil Classification System
- Référentiel pédologique (French classification system)
- Canadian system of soil classification
- Australian Soil Classification
- Polish Soil Classification
- 1938 USDA soil taxonomy
- List of U.S. state soils
- List of vineyard soil types
|
|---|
| Non-systematic soil types |
- Sand
- Silt
- Clay
- Loam
- Topsoil
- Subsoil
- Soil crust
- Claypan
- Hardpan
- Gypcrust
- Caliche
- Parent material
- Pedosphere
- Laimosphere
- Rhizosphere
- Bulk soil
- Alkali soil
- Bay mud
- Blue goo
- Brickearth
- Brown earth
- Calcareous grassland
- Dark earth
- Dry quicksand
- Eluvium
- Expansive clay
- Fill dirt
- Fuller's earth
- Hydrophobic soil
- Loess
- Lunar soil
- Martian soil
- Mud
- Muskeg
- Paleosol
- Peat
- Pedalfer
- Pedocal
- Podzol
- Prime farmland
- Serpentine soil
- Spodic soil
- Subaqueous soil
- Terra preta
- Terra rossa (soil)
- Tropical peat
- Yedoma
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 Types of soil |
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