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CD 34 CD 38 CD 90 CD 370 CD 38 CD 38A CD 34B Moravia Auburn Cato Fair Haven Union Springs Weeds- port Port Byron Cayuga Aurora Meridian CD 34 20 90 CD 176 CD 104 CD 90 CD 41A CD 326 GENOA LOCKE SUMMERHILL SEMPRONIUS VENICE SCIPIO LEDYARD NILES OWASCO FLEMING SPRING- PORT AURELIUS SENNETT THROOP MONTEZUMA MENTZ BRUTUS CATO CONQUEST VICTORY IRA STERLING MORAVIA Owasco Lake Skaneateles Lake Cayuga Lake Cayuga County, New York Agricultural Value of Soils Miles 0 2 4 6 1 The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets uses differences in soil productivity as the common denomin- ator in classifying all New York State Farmland. A soil rating methodology has been developed based primarily on differen- ces in the inherent ability of soils to support crop production. In this map, the sixteen separate soil groups and subgroups defined by the State are placed into five categories of potential agricultural value. Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database for Cayuga County, New York. Accessed April 2, 2014. New York Agricultural Land Classification - Cayuga County, New York. State Department of Agriculture and Markets, 2014. Sources: 9, 10 6b, 7, 8 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a Mineral Soil Group Not Specified Value per Acre (in dollars) 693 - 805 479 - 591 265 - 377 51 - 163 1a, 1b, 2a 907 - 1019 Map 3-4