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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 240px 1997[2]
Alaska Tanana
Arizona Casa Grande
Arkansas Stuttgart 1997
California San Joaquin 240px 1997
Colorado Seitz[3] 240px
Connecticut Windsor proposed[4]
Delaware Greenwich 2000
Florida Myakka 240px 1989
Georgia Tifton
Hawaii Hilo 240px
Idaho Threebear
Illinois Drummer 240px 2001
Indiana Miami 240px
Iowa Tama
Kansas Harney thumb 1990
Kentucky Crider 240px 1990
Louisiana Ruston
Maine Chesuncook (soil) 1999
Maryland Sassafras
Massachusetts Paxton 1990
Michigan Kalkaska 1990
Minnesota Lester 240px 2012
Mississippi Natchez 2003
Missouri Menfro 240px
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 240px
North Dakota Williams
Ohio Miamian
Oklahoma Port Silt Loam 240px 1987
Oregon Jory 240px 2011[7][8]
Pennsylvania Hazleton (soil)
Puerto Rico Bayamon
Rhode Island Narragansett
South Carolina Bohicket
South Dakota Houdek 240px 1990
Tennessee Dickson
Texas Houston Black
Utah Mivida[9]
Vermont Tunbridge [10] 1985
Virgin Islands Victory
Virginia Pamunkey
Washington Tokul 240px proposed[11]
West Virginia Monongahela 1997
Wisconsin Antigo 240px 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. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/natural-resource-concerns/soil/soil-science. 
  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. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/state-offices/connecticut. 
  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". https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/state-offices/utah. 
  10. Villars, Thomas. "Tunbridge: Vermont State Soil" (PDF). Soil Science Society of America. https://www.soils4teachers.org/files/s4t/k12outreach/vt-state-soil-booklet.pdf. 
  11. "Tokul – Washington State Soil". State Soils. ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/wa_soil.pdf. [dead ftp link] (To view documents see Help:FTP)

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