List of U.S. state soils

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

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State
federal district
or territory | State soil | Image | Year adopted as official
state symbol (if any)

|
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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 | Scobey Soil profile | 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 | Tokul |  | proposed[10]
West Virginia | Monongahela |  | 1997
Wisconsin | Antigo |  | 1983
Wyoming | Forkwood |  |

## See also

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* List of state soil science associations
* List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
* Soil in the United States

## References

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1. ^ "State Soils". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
2. ^ "Official Alabama Soil". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2004-06-15. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
3. ^ "Seitz -- Colorado State Soil". Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. August 23, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
4. ^ "Windsor – Proposed State Soil". Connecticut Soils. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Archived from the original on 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
5. ^ "LAWS Detailed Bill Information Page". laws.leg.mt.gov. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
6. ^ "Marlow". Retrieved 2019-03-27.
7. ^ "House Concurrent Resolution 3, 2011". Oregon State Legislature. 2011. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
8. ^ Mapes, Jeff (May 24, 2011). "Jory soil, not just any dirt, is named Oregon's state soil". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
9. ^ "Soils | NRCS Utah". www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
10. ^ "Tokul – Washington State Soil" (PDF). State Soils. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 2007-03-21.[permanent dead link‍]

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