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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 Bama soil.png 1997[2]
Alaska Tanana
Arizona Casa Grande
Arkansas Stuttgart 1997
California San Joaquin SanJoaquinProfileSmall.png 1997
Colorado Seitz[3] Sloan Lake View from American Basin Trail.jpg
Connecticut Windsor proposed[4]
Delaware Greenwich 2000
Florida Myakka Myakka soil.jpg 1989
Georgia Tifton
Hawaii Hilo Hilo soil profile.jpg
Idaho Threebear
Illinois Drummer Drummer Soil Series - From USDA NRCS.jpg 2001
Indiana Miami Miami soil profile.jpg
Iowa Tama
Kansas Harney
Harney soil profile (Kansas State Soil).png
1990
Kentucky Crider Crider soil USDA NRCS profile.jpg 1990
Louisiana Ruston
Maine Chesuncook (soil) 1999
Maryland Sassafras
Massachusetts Paxton 1990
Michigan Kalkaska 1990
Minnesota Lester Lester soil USDA.png 2012
Mississippi Natchez 2003
Missouri Menfro Menfro soil USDA 1.jpg
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 Cecil-soil.jpg
North Dakota Williams
Ohio Miamian
Oklahoma Port Silt Loam Oklahoma state soil.JPG 1987
Oregon Jory JorySoilProfile.jpg 2011[7][8]
Pennsylvania Hazleton (soil)
Puerto Rico Bayamon
Rhode Island Narragansett
South Carolina Bohicket
South Dakota Houdek Houdek soil.jpg 1990
Tennessee Dickson
Texas Houston Black
Utah Mivida[9]
Vermont Tunbridge 1985
Virgin Islands Victory
Virginia Pamunkey
Washington (state) Tokul Tokul Soil.png proposed[10]
West Virginia Monongahela 1997
Wisconsin Antigo Antigo (soil).jpg 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

  1. "State Soils". U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils/. 
  2. "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. 
  3. "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. 
  4. "Windsor – Proposed State Soil". Connecticut Soils. Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/soil-windsor.html. 
  5. "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=. 
  6. "Marlow". https://extension.illinois.edu/soil/st_soils/nh_soil.htm. 
  7. "House Concurrent Resolution 3, 2011". Oregon State Legislature. 2011. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/hcr1.dir/hcr0003.intro.html. 
  8. 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. 
  9. "Soils | NRCS Utah". http://www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soils/index.html. 
  10. "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}}]

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