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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Equipment should be used during the dry summer months and during periods
in winter when the snow cover is adequate or the soil is frozen to minimize
rutting.
If trees are planted, site preparation by mechanical or chemical means is needed
to help control competing vegetation.
Subsequent control of undesirable vegetation may be needed.
Community Development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Management considerations:
The wetness limits excavation and trafficability and may delay construction activities
in the winter and spring.
Because the soil is soft when wet, road pavement is subject to cracking and
buckling under heavy loads.
Buildings can be constructed on well compacted fill material that raises the site a
sufficient distance above the water table.
Constructing roads on raised fill material and installing a drainage system help to
overcome the wetness.
Interpretive Groups
Land capability classification: 2w
Woodland ordination symbol: 5A
Prime farmland: Yes
Hydric soil: No
MlE—Matewan-Latham complex, 25 to 35 percent slopes,
very stony
Setting
Landscape position: On shoulders and narrow summits of ridges; in areas underlain
by sandstone, siltstone, and shale of the Conemaugh Formation; in the eastern
part of the county
Note: The Matewan and Latham soils occur as areas so intermingled and small that
mapping them separately is impractical.
Composition
Matewan, Latham, and similar soils: 75 percent
Dissimilar inclusions: 25 percent
Typical Profile
Matewan
Organic layers:
0 to 3 inches—slightly decomposed leaf litter
3 to 4 inches—moderately decomposed, very dark brown leaf litter
Surface layer:
4 to 6 inches—olive brown sandy loam
Subsoil:
6 to 9 inches—olive brown channery sandy loam
9 to 26 inches—yellowish brown channery sandy loam
Substratum:
26 to 34 inches—yellowish brown and dark yellowish brown extremely channery
sandy loam
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