Crider (soil) explained

Crider is a soil series^{[1] [2]} and the state soil of Kentucky.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Description

The Natural Resources Conservation Service describes Crider as a soil series with "very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands. They formed in a mantle of loess and the underlying limestone residuum."^{[1] [6]} It is known to be present in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee.^[1] The soil is a considered highly productive agricultural soil, such that much of Kentucky's land with Crider soil is used for farming.^{[5] [6]}

State soil

In 1990, Crider was named the state soil of Kentucky.^{[7] [5] [6]} It is present in 35 counties in the state, most extensively in the Pennyroyal Plateau.^[7]

See also

• List of U.S. state soils
• List of Kentucky state symbols

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Series Description - CRIDER Series . 2019-11-07 . 2019-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225614/https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CRIDER.html . live .
2. Web site: Soil Data Explorer | California Soil Resource Lab.
3. Web site: CRIDER -- KENTUCKY STATE SOIL . Natural Resources Conservation Service . 2019-11-07 . 2019-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107175407/https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1236962.pdf . live .
4. Web site: Crider -- Kentucky State Soil . 2019-11-07 . 2019-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107181910/https://web.extension.illinois.edu/soil/st_soils/ky_soil.htm . live .
5. Web site: Kentucky State Soil | Crider Soils . 2019-11-07 . 2019-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107181915/https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/kentucky/soils/crider-soil-series . live .
6. Web site: Kentucky State Soil: Crider soil series . 2019-11-07 . 2019-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107181910/https://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-symbols/kentucky/soil.html . live .
7. Web site: Crider Kentucky State Soil . Soil Science Society of America . 2019-11-07 . 2021-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210330004634/https://www.soils4teachers.org/files/s4t/k12outreach/ky-state-soil-booklet.pdf . live .
8. Web site: Soils…. And Their Occurrence Throughout Western Kentucky . University of Kentucky . 2019-11-07.