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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Management considerations:
The flooding delays fieldwork and damages crops.
The droughtiness and poor tilth are management concerns.
Runoff from the adjacent hillsides can cause scouring and sedimentation in areas
of this soil.
Protecting the soil against flooding and maintaining a drainage system help to
prevent crop damage.
Because of the limited available water capacity, most crops should be irrigated.
Applying a system of conservation tillage, growing cover crops, including grasses
and legumes in the cropping sequence, and returning crop residue to the soil help
to improve and maintain tilth and to maintain the content of organic matter.
The installation of diversions helps to control runoff and overwash from adjacent
upland backslopes.
Pasture and Hayland
Suitability: Well suited
Management considerations:
The flooding deposits debris on the grassland.
Maintaining natural fertility is a management concern.
The species selected for planting should be those that can provide high-quality
forage and satisfactory ground cover and are tolerant of the flooding.
Proper stocking rates, pasture rotation, timely deferment of grazing, and
applications of fertilizer help to keep the pasture in good condition.
Woodland
Potential productivity: High
Management considerations:
The seedling mortality rate and plant competition are management concerns.
Planting when the soil is moist can reduce the seedling mortality rate.
Exposing the soil immediately prior to the production of a seed crop or prior to
artificial seeding helps desirable tree seedlings to become established quickly and
to compete better with undesirable vegetation.
Community Development
Suitability: Unsuited
Management considerations:
The flooding is a management concern.
Constructing roads, buildings, and houses on elevated, well compacted fill material
helps to prevent the damage caused by flooding.
Interpretive Groups
Land capability classification: 2w
Woodland ordination symbol: 8W
Prime farmland: No
Hydric soil: No
Ud—Udorthents, smoothed
Setting
Landscape position: Excavated, graded, filled, and revegetated areas in the uplands;
throughout the county
Composition
Udorthents: 85 percent
Limiting inclusions: 15 percent
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