Florida State Soil

ContentsDownload the Florida State Soil ProfileThe Official State Soil of Florida is the Myakka Soil Series On May 22, 1989, Governor Bob Martinez signed Senate bill number 524 into law, making Myakka Florida’s Official State Soil. The Florida Association of Professional Soil Classifiers and the Florida Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society worked together to commemorate the state’s unique soil...

Delaware State Soil

ContentsThe State Soil of Delaware is the Greenwich Soil SeriesDownload the Delaware State Soil ProfileThe State Soil of Delaware is the Greenwich Soil Series On April 20, 2000, Governor Thomas R. Carper signed House Bill 436, which designated Greenwich loam as Delaware’s official State soil. Students from Fifer Middle School assisted primary sponsor Rep. V. George Carey in convincing the General Assembly to...

Connecticut State Soil

ContentsDownload the Connecticut State Soil ProfileThe Connecticut State Soil is the Windsor Soil Series Windsor soils are well suited to the highly diversified agriculture of Connecticut. They are the preferred soils for the production of shade tobacco. They are important for the production of fruit and vegetable crops, silage corn, and ornamental shrubs and trees. The Windsor series consists of very deep,...

Colorado State Soil

ContentsDownload the Colorado State Soil ProfileThe State Soil of Colorado is the Seitz Series. Seitz soils are used mainly for recreation and forest products. The plant community consists of an Engelmann spruce/subalpine fir or Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir canopy with a sparse understory of grasses, forbs, and shrubs. Dramatic landscape relief and the forest vegetation supported by the Seitz and similar woodland...

California State Soil

ContentsDownload the California State Soil Profileca_soilThe State Soil of California is the San Joaquin soil. The San Joaquin series became the Official State Soil in 1997, the result of efforts by students and teachers from Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Madera, natural resource professionals, the Professional Soil Scientists Association of California, legislators, and various state...

Arizona State Soil

ContentsDownload the Arizona State Soil ProfileThe Arizona State Soil is the Casa Grande Soil. The Casa Grande series was first identified in 1936. It is named after the city of Casa Grande and the nearby Casa Grande National Monument, home of a large earthen building constructed by the Hohokam Indians nearly 1,000 years ago. The Spanish words “Casa Grande” mean “Big House.” The Indians used irrigation to...

Arkansas State Soil

ContentsDownload the Arkansas State Soil ProfileThe Arkansas State Soil is Stuttgart Soil. The Stuttgart series consists of very deep, moderately well drained or somewhat poorly drained soils formed in silty and clayey alluvium. Stuttgart soils are named for the City of Stuttgart in southeast Arkansas. They are used primarily for crops, mainly rice, soybeans, small grains, and corn. The Stuttgart area is famous...

Alabama State Soil

ContentsDownload the Alabama State Soil ProfileFittingly, the Alabama State Soil is called Bama. The Bama soil series was designated the official state soil of Alabama by the State Legislature on April 22, 1997. These very deep, well-drained, moderately permeable soils formed in thick deposits of loamy fluvial or marine sediments. These soils make up more than 360,000 acres, mainly in the western and central parts...

Alaska State Soil

ContentsDownload the State Soil of Alaska ProfileThe state soil of Alaska is the Tanana series. The Tanana series consists of a mantle of mixed silty micaceous loess and alluvium overlying coarser textured alluvium. Tanana soils are poorly drained and contain permafrost within 50 inches of the surface. Tanana soils are extensive throughout the lowland areas of Interior Alaska. Tanana soils are important...