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Local Important Farmland for Eastford, Connecticut

The Town of Eastford, Connecticut, has concern for certain additional farmlands for production of food, feed, fiber, and forage, even though these lands are not identified as having national or statewide importance. According to the Code of Federal Regulations, title 7 part 657, these lands have been identified by the Town of Eastford and the NRCS as Local Important Farmland.

Local Important Farmland - Eastford:
Map Symbol Soil Name
46B  Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
46C Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony
51B Sutton fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
58B Gloucester gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
58C Gloucester gravelly sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony
61B Canton and Charlton soils, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
61C Canton and Charlton soils, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony
73C Charlton-Chatfield complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky
85B Paxton and Montauk fine sandy, 3 to 8 percent slope, very stony
85C Paxton and Montauk fine sandy, 8 to 15 percent slope, very stony

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