Soils of Tennessee

Ultisols — strongly weathered, leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

The state soil, Dickson, ranks 18th of 449 series here on 381,533 acres. First place goes to Bodine, an Ultisol covering 3.5% of the state’s mapped soil. No order holds a majority; Ultisols lead with 42.8%, ahead of Alfisols at 26.7%.

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