Crider is a soil series[1][2] and the state soil of Kentucky.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
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Description
editThe Natural Resources Conservation Service describes Crider as a soil series with "very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands. They formed in a mantle of loess and the underlying limestone residuum."[1][6] It is known to be present in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee.[1] The soil is considered a highly productive agricultural soil, such that much of Kentucky's land with Crider soil is used for farming.[1][5][6]
State soil
editIn 1990, Crider was named the state soil of Kentucky.[7][5][6] It is present in 35 counties in the state, most extensively in the Pennyroyal Plateau.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Official Series Description - CRIDER Series". Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Soil Data Explorer | California Soil Resource Lab".
- ^ "CRIDER -- KENTUCKY STATE SOIL" (PDF). Natural Resources Conservation Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Crider -- Kentucky State Soil". Archived from the original on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ a b c "Kentucky State Soil | Crider Soils". Archived from the original on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ a b c d "Kentucky State Soil: Crider soil series". Archived from the original on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ a b c "Crider Kentucky State Soil" (PDF). Soil Science Society of America. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-03-30. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Soils…. And Their Occurrence Throughout Western Kentucky" (PDF). University of Kentucky. Retrieved 2019-11-07.