Subregion 1 : 



Bozrah, East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, 

 New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, 

 Stonington, Waterford 



Subregion 2: 



No towns completed 



Subregion 3: 



Branford, East Haven, Hamden, 

 North Haven, Wallingford 



Subregion 4: 



No towns completed 



Subregion 5: 

 Wilton 



Subregions 6, "] , 8 & 9: 

 Entire area completed 



Meriden, North Branford, 



Figure 1 . Towns and areas within the LIS region with detailed 

 soil maps available for use. 



4.2 Soil associations 



The numbers on the LISS General Soil Map indicate the various 

 "soil associations." A soil association is a landscape that has a distinctive 

 proportional and repeating pattern of soils. It normally consists of one or 

 more major soils and at least one minor soil, and it is named for the major 

 soils. The soils in one association may occur in another, but in a different 

 pa'ttern. The maps showing soil associations are useful to people who want a 

 general idea of the soils in a region or subregion, who want to compare 

 different parts of a region or subregion, or who want to know the location of 

 large tracts that are suitable for a certain kind of land use. The maps are 

 useful general guides for broad land use planning such as suitability of 

 large areas for residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, recrea- 

 tional, and other uses. They are not suitable maps for planning individual 

 developments or for selecting the exact location of a road, building, or simi- 

 lar structure because the soils in any one association ordinarily differ in 

 slope, depth, stoniness, drainage, and other characteristics that affect 

 their management. For specific planning it is necessary to rely on detailed 

 soil surveys along with on-site investigations. 



