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Soil Uses

Soils are wildely used in the State of South Carolina. Please, find some examples below:

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USDA has been publishing soil surveys since 1899 and they are a valuable source of soil information. Please, find soil survey names for South Carolina 46 counties.

 

County

Soil Series

Soil Orders

Crops
Abbeville
16
 Ultisols Cotton, corn, grain, sorghum, soybeans, pasture
Aiken
31
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Corn, coastal bermudagrass, soybeans, timber, peaches, watermelons, sweet potatoes
Allendale
32
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, cotton, peaches, peanuts, small grain, watermelons, forest
Anderson
11
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Ultisols Cotton, corn, grain, sorghum, soybeans, pasture
Bamberg
41
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, cotton, small grain, forest
Barnwell
18
 Entisols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, cotton, small grain, watermelons, pasture, forest
Beaufort
53
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, small grains, pasture
Berkeley
31
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, cotton, pasture, forest
Calhoun
29
 Entisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Soybeans, cotton, pecans, small grains, pasture, forest
Charleston
6
 Entisols, Ultisols Rice
Cherokee
23
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Cotton, corn, vegetables, pasture, peaches, forest
Chester
23
 Ultisols, Mollisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols Cotton, pasture, forest
Chesterfield
39
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Forest, row crops (corn, soybeans, tobacco, and wheat), grain sorghum, peaches, watermelons, cantaloupes
Clarendon
28
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Ultisols Tobacco, cotton, corn, soybeans, and forest
Colleton
47
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols Corn, tobacco, rice, truck crops, pasture, forest
Darlington
45
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Ultisols Corn, tobacco, soybeans, and wheat
Dillon
37
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Spodosols, Ultisols Cotton, corn, tobacco, small grain, forest
Dorchester
43
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Forest
Edgefileld
31
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Forest, pasture, corn, oats, wheat, grapes, sweet potatoes, cotton, hemp, sorghum, peaches
Fairfield
23
 Ultisols, Mollisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols Cotton, pasture, forest
Florence
48
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Ultisols Forest, pasture, tobacco, cotton, corn, soybeans, peanuts, small grains, peaches
Georgetown
26
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Forest, rice, tobacco
Greenville
26
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Ultisols Soybeans, cotton, truck crops, pasture
Greenwood
26
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Cotton, Corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, row crops, pasture, forest
Hampton
42
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Cotton, corn, oats, rice, sugarcane, swee potatoes, small grain, peanuts, watermelons
Horry
40
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Vegetables, small fruits, nursery plants, vegetable crops (potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, string beans, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, lima beans, sweet corn, peas), strawberries, blueberries, grapes, peaches, and pecans.
Jasper
53
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, small grains, pasture, forest
Kershaw
40
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Corn, soybeans
Lancaster
35
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Row crops, pasture, forest
Laurens
21
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Forest, pasture, soybeans, cotton, truck crops
Lee
46
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Cotton, penuts, wheat, corn, tobacco, forest
Lexington
36
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Farm crops, pasture, forest
Marion
36
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Ultisols Tobacco, corn, soybeans, cotton, small grain, coastal bermudagrass
Marlboro
47
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, cotton, watermelons, peanuts, grain sorghum, wheat, rye, oats, barley, pearl millet, sudangrass, legumes (alfalfa, arrowleaf clover, crimson clover). Forages (bahiagrass, bermudagrass, tall fescue)
McCormick
26
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Cotton, Corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, row crops, pasture, forest
Newberry
27
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Corn, soybeans, small grains, forest
Oconee
19
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Ultisols Cotton, corn, small grain, truck crops, row crops, lespedeza
Orangeburg
32
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Soybeans, corn, wheat, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupes, pasture
Pickens
24
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Ultisols Corn, Soybeans, wheat, oats, pasture (fescue, white clover, common bermudagrass)
Richland
36
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Pasture, forest, corn, soybeans, cotton, hay
Saluda
33
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Oats, corn, cotton, lespedeza, soybeans, wheat, grapes
Spartanburg
21
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Cotton, corn, grain sorghum, row crops, pasture, forest
Sumter
48
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Ultisols Forest, pasture, tobacco, cotton, corn, soybeans, peanuts, small grains, peaches
Union
21
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Forest, pasture, soybeans, cotton, truck crops
Williamsburg
37
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Spodosols, Alfisols, Ultisols Row crops, small grains, forest
York
27
 Entisols, Inceptisols, Alfisols, Ultisols Cotton, pasture, grapes, grain, hay, peaches