Soils of Maine

Spodosols — acid soils with a subsoil of humus and iron or aluminum

The state soil, Chesuncook, ranks 9th of 155 series here on 603,353 acres. First place goes to Monarda, an Inceptisol covering 6.7% of the state’s mapped soil. Spodosols make up more than two thirds of the mapped soil (67.4%). Only four of the 52 states and territories here map fewer series than its 155.

Atlas series mapped in MaineGuide: state soils and where series began