List of U.S. state soils

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]

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State federal district or territory	State soil	Image	Year adopted as official state symbol (if any)
Alabama	Bama		1997^[2]
Alaska	Tanana
Arizona	Casa Grande
Arkansas	Stuttgart		1997
California	San Joaquin		1997
Colorado	Seitz
Connecticut	Windsor		proposed^[3]
Delaware	Greenwich		2000
Florida	Myakka		1989
Georgia	Tifton
Hawaii	Hilo
Idaho	Threebear
Illinois	Drummer		2001
Indiana	Miami
Iowa
Kansas			1990
Kentucky	Crider		1990
Louisiana
Maine			1999
Maryland
Massachusetts	Paxton		1990
Michigan	Kalkaska		1990
Minnesota			2012
Mississippi	Natchez		2003
Missouri	Menfro
Montana	Scobey	Scobey Soil profile	2015^[4]
Nebraska	Holdrege (soil)		1979
Nevada	Orovada		2001
New Hampshire	^[5]
New Jersey	Downer
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina	Cecil
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma	Port Silt Loam		1987
Oregon	Jory		2011^[6]^[7]
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island	Narragansett
South Carolina
South Dakota	Houdek		1990
Tennessee
Texas	Houston Black
Utah	^[8]
Vermont			1985
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington			proposed^[9]
West Virginia			1997
Wisconsin	Antigo		1983
Wyoming

References[]

^ "State Soils". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
^ "Official Alabama Soil". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2004-06-15. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
^ "Windsor – Proposed State Soil". Connecticut Soils. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Archived from the original on 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
^ "LAWS Detailed Bill Information Page". laws.leg.mt.gov. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
^ "Marlow". Retrieved 2019-03-27.
^ "House Concurrent Resolution 3, 2011". Oregon State Legislature. 2011. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ Mapes, Jeff (May 24, 2011). "Jory soil, not just any dirt, is named Oregon's state soil". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
^ "Soils | NRCS Utah". www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
^ "Tokul – Washington State Soil" (PDF). State Soils. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 2007-03-21.^{[permanent dead link]}

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