Miami (soil)

The less sloping Miami soils are used mainly for corn, soybeans, or winter wheat.

There are 794,994 acres (3,217 km2) of Miami soils mapped in Indiana.

Miami soils are fertile and have a moderate available water capacity.

Indiana is nationally ranked for agricultural production because of the highly productive Miami soils along with other prime farmland soils in the State.

[1] The Miami series consists of moderately well drained soils formed in as much as 18 inches (46 cm) of loess or silty material and in the underlying loamy till on till plains.