{{Infobox soil | name =Scobey soil | alternative_name = | image =Scobey soil.jpg | image_caption =Scobey soil | image_size = | type = | classification_system = | code = | profile = | mineral = | process = | parent_material = | climate = | ph = | horizons = | composition = | composition_secondary = }} '''Scobey soil''' is the state soil of Montana. It is named for the town of Scobey, and although Scobey is in far northeast Montana, the soil type is found in the Golden Triangle of North-Central Montana, bounded by Great Falls, Havre, and Shelby, along the Interstate 15, US 87, and US 2 corridors.

Scobey soil consists of very deep, well drained soils on till plains, hills, and moraines. It is known for its productivity for farming wheat. <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/soil/st_soils/mt_soil.htm | title=Scobey -- Montana State Soil}}</ref> Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer wrote his master's dissertation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schweitzer|first=Brian|title=Ex-Gov. Brian Schweitzer says Prairie Reserve is good science, good business|url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/03/19/ex-gov-brian-schweitzer-says-prairie-reserve-good-science-good-business/3212063002/|access-date=2026-04-08|website=Great Falls Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref> on Scobey soil series in which he found that, at the same site, wheat planted on Scobey soil plots consistently produced higher yields than wheat grown on Kevin soil series plots.<ref>Schweitzer, B. D. (1980). ''S''pring wheat yields on two contrasting aridic agriborolls in northcentral Montana [Master's thesis, Montana State University]. ScholarWorks. <nowiki>https://scholarworks.montana.edu/items/0f51df14-c0ef-416a-9c12-178bdc3545c1</nowiki></ref>

==See also== *Pedology (soil study) *List of U.S. state soils

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100306072530/http://ortho.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/osd/dat/S/SCOBEY.html usda.gov] *https://web.archive.org/web/20070527180603/http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/soils/mtsoils/

Category:Pedology Category:Soil in the United States Category:Geology of Montana Category:Agriculture in Montana Category:Types of soil Category:Symbols of Montana

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