List of U.S. state soils

{{Short description|none}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2025}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=State Soils |publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture |url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/natural-resource-concerns/soil/soil-science |access-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313220600/http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils/ |archive-date=2007-03-13 }}</ref>

==Table== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! State<br>federal district<br> or territory !! State soil !! Image !! Year adopted as official<br/> state symbol (if any) |- ! Alabama || Bama ||240px|| 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_soil.html |title=Official Alabama Soil |access-date=2007-03-21 |date=2004-06-15 |work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History}}</ref> |- ! Alaska || Tanana || || |- ! Arizona || Casa Grande |||| |- ! Arkansas || Stuttgart || || 1997 |- ! California || San Joaquin ||240px|| 1997 |- ! Colorado || Seitz<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrcs.app.box.com/s/b7j0swuayb9ifqckz1020tjzpt9tusti/file/1000288963185|title=Seitz -- Colorado State Soil|publisher=Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref> || 240px || |- ! Connecticut || Windsor || ||''proposed''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/state-offices/connecticut |title=Windsor – Proposed State Soil |access-date=2007-03-21 |work=Connecticut Soils |publisher=Natural Resources Conservation Service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070731034856/http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/soil-windsor.html |archive-date=2007-07-31 }}</ref> |- ! Delaware || Greenwich || || 2000 |- ! Florida || Myakka || 240px || 1989 |- ! Georgia || Tifton || || |- ! Hawaii || Hilo || 240px || |- ! Idaho || Threebear || || |- ! Illinois || Drummer || 240px || 2001 |- ! Indiana || Miami ||240px|| |- ! Iowa || Tama || || |- ! Kansas || Harney || thumb|| 1990 |- ! Kentucky || Crider || 240px || 1990 |- ! Louisiana || Ruston || || |- ! Maine || Chesuncook (soil) || || 1999 |- ! Maryland || Sassafras || || |- ! Massachusetts || Paxton || || 1990 |- ! Michigan || Kalkaska || || 1990 |- ! Minnesota || Lester ||240px || 2012 |- ! Mississippi || Natchez || || 2003 |- ! Missouri || Menfro || 240px || |- ! Montana || Scobey ||thumb|Scobey Soil profile||2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20151&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&P_BILL_NO=176&P_BILL_DFT_NO=&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ2=&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=|title=LAWS Detailed Bill Information Page|website=laws.leg.mt.gov|access-date=2017-06-14}}</ref> |- ! Nebraska || Holdrege (soil) || || 1979 |- ! Nevada || Orovada || || 2001 |- ! New Hampshire || Marlow<ref>{{cite web|title=Marlow |url=https://extension.illinois.edu/soil/st_soils/nh_soil.htm |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> || |- ! New Jersey || Downer || || |- ! New Mexico || Penistaja || || |- ! New York || Honeoye || || |- ! North Carolina || Cecil ||240px|| |- ! North Dakota || Williams || || |- ! Ohio || Miamian || || |- ! Oklahoma || Port Silt Loam ||240px|| 1987 |- ! Oregon || Jory ||240px|| 2011<ref>{{cite web |title = House Concurrent Resolution 3, 2011 |publisher = Oregon State Legislature |url = http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/hcr1.dir/hcr0003.intro.html |access-date = May 24, 2011 |year = 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120805190104/http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/hcr1.dir/hcr0003.intro.html |archive-date = August 5, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/jory_soil_not_just_any_dirt_is.html |title=Jory soil, not just any dirt, is named Oregon's state soil |last=Mapes |first=Jeff |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=May 24, 2011 |access-date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref> |- ! Pennsylvania || Hazleton (soil) || || |- ! Puerto Rico || Bayamon || || |- ! Rhode Island || Narragansett || || |- ! South Carolina || Bohicket || || |- ! South Dakota || Houdek || 240px || 1990 |- ! Tennessee || Dickson || || |- ! Texas || Houston Black || || |- ! Utah || Mivida<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/state-offices/utah|title=Soils {{!}} NRCS Utah|website=www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov|access-date=2016-12-16}}</ref>|| || |- ! Vermont || Tunbridge <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soils4teachers.org/files/s4t/k12outreach/vt-state-soil-booklet.pdf|title=Tunbridge: Vermont State Soil|access-date=November 29, 2025|last=Villars|first=Thomas|publisher=Soil Science Society of America|format=PDF|publication-place=Madison, Wisconsin}}</ref>|| || 1985 |- ! Virgin Islands || Victory || || |- ! Virginia || Pamunkey || || |- ! Washington || Tokul || 240px || ''proposed''<ref>{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/wa_soil.pdf |server=State Soils |url-status=dead |title=Tokul – Washington State Soil |access-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref> |- ! West Virginia || Monongahela || || 1997 |- ! Wisconsin || Antigo || 240px || 1983 |- ! Wyoming || Forkwood || || |}

== References == {{reflist|2}}

==External links== {{sister project links|Soils}} * [http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_soils.htm Official State Soils] * [https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/education-and-teaching-materials/state-soils United States Dept. of Agriculture: State Soils]

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