A. Level to nearly level (0-3 percent) 



B. Gentlv sloping (3-8 percent I 



C. Moderately sloping (8-15 percent) 



D. Strongly sloping (15-25 percent) 



E. Steeply sloping (25 - 35 percent) 



F. Very steeply sloping (35 percent or more) 



Recent soil surveys in the State show that the land in New Hampshire 

 is divided approximately as listed in Table 2. 



Table 2. Precentage of Land Surveyed, by Land-Capability Classes in New Hampshire* 



Land Capability % of Land in 



Class Each Class 



Class I 3.2 



Class II 8.8 



Class III 8.5 



Class IV 3.1 



Class V — t 



Class VI 38.9 



Class VII 37.2 



Class VIII 0.3 



Total All Classes 100.0% 



* Based upon approximately 1.200.000 acres of measured soil survey data. 

 t There is no Class V used at present in this State. 



Table 2 shows that there is only 3.2 percent of our land which is 

 sufficiently level, with deep, well-drained, uneroded soil to be in Class I, 

 while 76.4 percent is in Classes VI. VII. and VIII and cannot safely be 

 used for cropland. 



The present use of land in these classes in New Hampshire is approxi- 

 mated in Table 3. 



Table 3. Percentage of Present Use of Land, by Land-Capability Classes in New Hampshire 

 Class Cropland Pasture Woodland Idlet 



I 



II 

 III 

 IV 



V* 



VI 



VII 



VllI 



* There is no Class V used at present in this State. 



t Includes idle farm land, miscellaneous uses, and urban areas. 



It can be seen in Table 3 that most of the Class I land is used for 

 cropland. Classes VI and VII, on the other hand, are dominantly in wood- 

 land. Most of class VIII land is idle. 



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