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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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Kentucky Symbols
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Kentucky State Soil
Crider soil series
Adopted on July 13, 1990.
State soil is not only a state symbol, it's also the focal
point of an important resource for issues such as the
conservation of soil and water, agricultural production,
water quality and land management.
The Crider soil
series was named the best representative of Kentucky
soil because it was established in Kentucky and occurs
on nearly a half-million acres in 35 counties. It's widely
distributed in a state with diverse geology, and it's one of
the state's most productive agricultural soils.
The Crider series consists of very deep, well-drained
moderately permeable soils on uplands. These soils
were formed in a mantle of loess (a fine-grained silt or
clay) and in the underlying limestone residuum. Slopes
range from zero to 20 percent.
Many people assume that all soils are more or less alike.
They're unaware that there are often great differences in
soil properties within even short distances. For most
uses, the ideal soil would be nearly level and easy to
work. But most soils fall short of that. Many are shallow,
stony, wet, dry, sandy or clayey, or have other adverse
features. Some of these differences can be seen by
almost anyone, but others only by those trained in the
field of soil science.
The Kentucky Association of Soil Classifiers was established
to promote the use of soil information for many
activities.
Crider soils are typical in the Pennyroyal and outer
Bluegrass regions of Kentucky. Soil is one of Kentucky's
most important natural resources. Livestock, tobacco,
grain, pasture, hay and timber are all marketable products
derived either directly or indirectly from the soil.
However, the value of our soil resources isn't limited to
agricultural production. Soil is also used as a foundation
for houses and factories, as building material for roads
and dams, as a storage area and filter for groundwater
and as a disposal area for waste. Even our state tree
and state flower need soil to grow.
To learn more about the Crider soil series, see
2.093 State soil.
The Crider soil series is named and designated as the state soil.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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