New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter IX - Agricultural Districts
Part 370 - Land Classification System
Section 370.8 - Ranking of mineral soils
Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 370.8
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Mineral soils shall be listed according to their soil productivity index and placed within one of ten soil groups. Each soil map unit representing a mineral soil shall be ranked according to its soil productivity index and placed by the commissioner into one of ten soil groups as follows:
| Soil Productivity Index | Soil Group |
| 90 - 100 ....... | 1 |
| 80 - 89 ....... | 2 |
| 70 - 79 ....... | 3 |
| 60 - 69 ....... | 4 |
| 50 - 59 ....... | 5 |
| 40 - 49 ....... | 6 |
| 30 - 39 ....... | 7 |
| 29 or less - Marginal cultivated uses ....... | 8 |
| Soils not suitable for pasture or other cultivated uses and not identified above or below ....... | 9 |
| Marsh, wetlands and organics not farmed ....... | 10 |
(b) Two soil group subdivisions, determined according to the need to add lime to the soil in order to maintain soil capability, shall also be established for soil groups numbered 1 through 6.
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