Soils of Connecticut
148 soil series mapped on 2.47 million acres
Entisols — young soils with little or no horizon development
The state soil, Windsor, ranks 17th of 148 series here on 28,018 acres. First place goes to Charlton, an Inceptisol covering 13.5% of the state’s mapped soil. Inceptisols make up more than two thirds of the mapped soil (87.8%). Only three of the 52 states and territories here map fewer series than its 148.
Atlas series mapped in ConnecticutGuide: state soils and where series began
Soil orders in Connecticut
- Inceptisols 87.8%
- Entisols 8.5%
- Histosols 3.2%
- Mollisols 0.4%