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Soil types by state

Statewide shares of mapped land from the USDA soil survey. Open a state for its county reports.

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Soil summary by state (share of mapped land)
State Well drained Topsoil pH Septic very limited County reports
Alaska 35% 4.8 88% 1
Alabama 81% 5.0 79% 8
Arkansas 62% 5.3 86% 6
Arizona 81% 7.9 62% 7
California 81% 6.7 79% 34
Colorado 84% 7.2 68% 11
Connecticut 75% 5.3 87% 7
District of Columbia 49% 5.3 49% 0
Delaware 54% 6.0 88% 3
Florida 24% 5.3 87% 34
Georgia 69% 5.3 68% 20
Hawaii 87% 6.0 93% 3
Iowa 55% 6.3 91% 5
Idaho 88% 6.7 86% 4
Illinois 41% 6.5 85% 16
Indiana 52% 6.3 92% 14
Kansas 90% 6.5 77% 4
Kentucky 89% 5.9 79% 5
Louisiana 37% 5.4 84% 12
Massachusetts 72% 5.0 88% 11
Maryland 70% 5.4 85% 10
Maine 58% 4.6 96% 4
Michigan 53% 6.0 95% 17
Minnesota 41% 6.5 91% 10
Missouri 67% 6.0 93% 7
Mississippi 62% 5.0 92% 5
Montana 86% 7.2 78% 2
North Carolina 68% 5.2 76% 23
North Dakota 72% 7.0 71% 1
Nebraska 90% 6.6 80% 3
New Hampshire 69% 4.8 79% 4
New Jersey 62% 5.0 90% 17
New Mexico 84% 7.8 65% 4
Nevada 83% 8.0 77% 2
New York 63% 5.5 84% 16
Ohio 52% 6.2 92% 22
Oklahoma 87% 6.5 77% 4
Oregon 82% 6.7 85% 8
Pennsylvania 80% 5.3 91% 25
Rhode Island 69% 5.2 85% 3
South Carolina 66% 5.3 75% 14
South Dakota 89% 7.0 85% 1
Tennessee 85% 5.3 82% 12
Texas 88% 7.5 71% 38
Utah 64% 8.2 62% 5
Virginia 85% 5.3 77% 13
Vermont 75% 5.1 94% 1
Washington 82% 6.5 81% 11
Wisconsin 65% 5.9 92% 11
West Virginia 95% 5.1 96% 2
Wyoming 76% 7.4 60% 0