Soils of Minnesota
1,038 soil series mapped on 45.77 million acres
Alfisols — moderately leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil
The state soil, Lester, ranks 12th of 1,038 series here on 372,961 acres. First place goes to Greenwood, a Histosol covering 2.8% of the state’s mapped soil. No order holds a majority; Mollisols lead with 44.4%, ahead of Alfisols at 22.4%.
Atlas series mapped in MinnesotaGuide: state soils and where series began