Soil Series Atlas

Bohicket soil series

Fine, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Sulfaquents

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftAgTopsoil · gleyed: gray from wetness0–25 cm · 0–10 inCg1Parent material · gleyed: gray fromwetness25–124 cm · 10–49 inCg2Parent material · gleyed: gray fromwetness124–140 cm · 49–55 inCg3Parent material · gleyed: gray fromwetness140–173 cm · 55–68 inCg4Parent material · gleyed: gray fromwetness173–203 cm · 68–80 in050100150200cmAgTopsoil · gleyed: grayfrom wetness0–25 cm · 0–10 inCg1Parent material ·gleyed: gray fromwetness25–124 cm · 10–49 inCg2Parent material ·gleyed: gray fromwetness124–140 cm · 49–55 inCg3Parent material ·gleyed: gray fromwetness140–173 cm · 55–68 inCg4Parent material ·gleyed: gray fromwetness173–203 cm · 68–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 5 horizons.

Entisols — young soils with little or no horizon development

Bohicket is mapped on 673,575 acres in 6 states, 360th nationally by area. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Sulfaquents. Its biggest share, 46%, is in South Carolina, where it ranks 12th of 258 series. Its typical pedon has no B horizon at all. It is the state soil of South Carolina.

Drainage
Very poorly drained
Water movement
Very slow

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Where Bohicket is mapped

673,575 acres in 26 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFlorida: 6,177 acresGeorgia: 306,234 acresIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth Carolina: 28,017 acresNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippi: 2,939 acresMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginia: 22,750 acresWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth Carolina: 307,458 acresIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Bohicket acres

  1. South Carolina46%
  2. Georgia46%
  3. North Carolina4%
  4. Virginia3%
  5. Florida0.9%
  6. Mississippi0.4%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • South Carolina 12th of 258 · 1.73%
  • Georgia 27th of 327 · 0.92%

In the field

Drainage

Very poorly drained

Drains fastStays wet

Sharkey also is very poorly drained.

Permeability

Very slow

SlowFast

5 other atlas series have very slow permeability, none of them Entisols.

Parent material
Marine/coastal plain sediments
Landform
Tidal marshes
Type location
South Carolina

How it is classified

  1. OrderEntisols
  2. SuborderAquents
  3. Great groupSulfaquents
  4. SubgroupTypic Sulfaquents
  5. FamilyFine, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Sulfaquentsfine particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classnonacid reaction classthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Entisols

Bohicket makes up 0.34% of all mapped Entisols — the 44th largest of 3,003 series in the order.

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

Other Entisols in this atlas

  1. Bohicket203 cm · Typic Sulfaquents
  2. Valentine203 cm · Typic Ustipsamments
  3. Valent152 cm · Ustic Torripsamments
  4. Cabbart152 cm · Aridic Ustorthents
  5. Bibb152 cm · Typic Fluvaquents
  6. Cabba152 cm · Typic Ustorthents

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
AgTopsoil: gleyed: gray from wetness0–25 cm0–10 in25 cm
Cg1Parent material: gleyed: gray from wetness25–124 cm10–49 in99 cm
Cg2Parent material: gleyed: gray from wetness124–140 cm49–55 in16 cm
Cg3Parent material: gleyed: gray from wetness140–173 cm55–68 in33 cm
Cg4Parent material: gleyed: gray from wetness173–203 cm68–80 in30 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2025-02), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides