Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia - Soil Data Mart - US ...

Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Bedrock:
34 inches—hard sandstone
Latham
Surface layer:
0 to 4 inches—dark brown silt loam
Subsoil:
4 to 7 inches—yellowish brown channery silt loam
7 to 16 inches—yellowish brown channery silty clay loam
16 to 23 inches—light yellowish brown, mottled channery silty clay
23 to 29 inches—yellowish brown, mottled channery silty clay
Substratum:
29 to 34 inches—yellowish brown channery silty clay
Bedrock:
34 to 39 inches—soft interbedded acid gray shale and siltstone
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Matewan—well drained or somewhat excessively drained; Latham—
moderately well drained
Permeability: Matewan—moderately rapid or rapid; Latham—very slow
Available water capacity: Low
Depth to a seasonal high water table: Matewan—more than 72 inches; Latham—18 to
36 inches
Flooding: None
Shrink-swell potential: Matewan—low; Latham—high
Hazard of erosion: Severe
Slope class: Steep
Stoniness: 1 to 3 percent of the surface covered by stones
Rockiness: None
Natural fertility: Medium
Reaction: In unlimed areas, extremely acid to moderately acid throughout the
Matewan soil and extremely acid to slightly acid in the A horizon and
extremely acid or very strongly acid in the subsoil and substratum of the
Latham soil
Organic matter content in the surface layer: Moderate
Surface runoff: High
Depth to bedrock: 20 to 40 inches
Inclusions
Limiting inclusions:
Soils that have been disturbed
Soils with slopes of more than 35 percent
Areas where stones cover more than 3 percent of the soil surface
Use and Management
Uses: Most areas of this map unit are used as woodland.
Cropland
Suitability: Unsuited
Management considerations:
Because of the slope, this map unit is generally unsuited to cultivated
crops.
The hazard of erosion is severe in unprotected areas.
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