List of U.S. state soils explained

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)
Alabama1997[2]
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas1997
California1997
ColoradoSeitz[3]
Connecticutproposed[4]
Delaware2000
Florida1989
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois2001
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas1990
Kentucky1990
Louisiana
Maine1999
Maryland
Massachusetts1990
Michigan1990
Minnesota2012
Mississippi2003
Missouri
Montana2015[5]
Nebraska1979
Nevada2001
New HampshireMarlow[6]
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma1987
Oregon2011[7] [8]
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota1990
Tennessee
Texas
UtahMivida[9]
Vermont1985
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washingtonproposed[10]
West Virginia1997
Wisconsin1983
Wyoming

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Soils . U.S. Department of Agriculture . 2007-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070313220600/http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils/ . 2007-03-13 .
  2. Web site: Official Alabama Soil . 2007-03-21 . 2004-06-15 . Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors . Alabama Department of Archives & History.
  3. Web site: Seitz -- Colorado State Soil. Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. August 23, 2022. May 12, 2023.
  4. Web site: Windsor – Proposed State Soil . 2007-03-21 . Connecticut Soils . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070731034856/http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/soil-windsor.html . 2007-07-31 .
  5. Web site: LAWS Detailed Bill Information Page. laws.leg.mt.gov. 2017-06-14.
  6. Web site: Marlow . 2019-03-27.
  7. Web site: House Concurrent Resolution 3, 2011 . Oregon State Legislature . May 24, 2011 . 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120805190104/http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/hcr1.dir/hcr0003.intro.html . August 5, 2012.
  8. News: Jory soil, not just any dirt, is named Oregon's state soil. Mapes. Jeff. The Oregonian. May 24, 2011. May 24, 2011.
  9. Web site: Soils NRCS Utah. www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov. 2016-12-16.
  10. Web site: [ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/wa_soil.pdf Tokul – Washington State Soil ]. 2007-03-21 . State Soils . .