Soil Series Atlas

Soils of South Carolina

258 soil series mapped on 17.73 million acres

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
Bohicket, to scale.

Entisols — young soils with little or no horizon development

The state soil, Bohicket, ranks 12th of 258 series here on 307,458 acres. First place goes to Cecil, an Ultisol covering 9.9% of the state’s mapped soil. Ultisols make up more than two thirds of the mapped soil (73.0%).

Atlas series mapped in South CarolinaGuide: state soils and where series began

Soil orders in South Carolina

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Largest series in South Carolina

  1. CecilUltisols · 1,754,494 acres9.90%
  2. PacoletUltisols · 679,307 acres3.83%
  3. LakelandEntisols · 515,315 acres2.91%
  4. GoldsboroUltisols · 488,030 acres2.75%
  5. RainsUltisols · 476,186 acres2.69%
  6. CoxvilleUltisols · 409,099 acres2.31%
  7. LynchburgUltisols · 392,162 acres2.21%
  8. JohnstonInceptisols · 355,627 acres2.01%
  9. MadisonUltisols · 353,867 acres2.00%
  10. GeorgevilleUltisols · 345,927 acres1.95%

Atlas series mapped in South Carolina

  1. Cecil203 cm · Typic Kanhapludults
  2. Bohicket203 cm · Typic Sulfaquents
  3. Pacolet203 cm · Typic Kanhapludults
  4. Madison168 cm · Typic Kanhapludults
  5. Bibb152 cm · Typic Fluvaquents
  6. Troup203 cm · Grossarenic Kandiudults
  7. Lakeland203 cm · Typic Quartzipsamments
  8. Pelham203 cm · Arenic Paleaquults
  9. Orangeburg183 cm · Typic Kandiudults