Black Dirt Region of Orange County

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The Black Dirt Region of Orange County is a highly fertile muckland area in New York State renowned for its rich, dark soils and intensive vegetable farming, especially onions.

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Black Dirt Region of Orange County canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region ⓘ
muckland area ⓘ
agriculturalHeritage Eastern European immigrant farmers ⓘ
agriculturalSignificance major onion-growing area in northeastern United States ⓘ
climate humid continental ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crop cabbage ⓘ
carrots ⓘ
lettuce ⓘ
onions ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
sweet corn ⓘ
drainage artificially drained ⓘ
economicActivity commercial vegetable farming ⓘ
wholesale produce supply ⓘ
formedFrom ancient lake bottom ⓘ
geologicalHistory post-glacial wetland development ⓘ
growingSeason relatively long for New York State ⓘ
historicalLandUse drained wetlands ⓘ
knownFor fertile black soils ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
muck soils ⓘ
onion production ⓘ
vegetable farming ⓘ
landscapeCharacteristic flat fields ⓘ
network of drainage ditches ⓘ
landUse intensive row-crop agriculture ⓘ
locatedIn New York State ⓘ
Orange County, New York ⓘ
locatedNear Town of Goshen ⓘ
Town of Warwick ⓘ
Town of Wawayanda ⓘ
Village of Pine Island ⓘ
Wallkill River ⓘ
originOfSoils glacial lake sediments ⓘ
partOf Hudson Valley ⓘ
primaryCrop onions ⓘ
regionalNickname Black Dirt ⓘ
regionType rural ⓘ
soilColor dark ⓘ
soilFertility high ⓘ
soilOrganicMatter very high ⓘ
soilType muck soil ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportOfProduce New York City markets ⓘ
regional markets ⓘ
vulnerability flooding ⓘ
soil subsidence ⓘ

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Pine Island, New York → agriculturalRegion → Black Dirt Region of Orange County ⓘ