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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Community Development
Suitability: Suited
Management considerations:
Shallow excavations can cave in because some cutbanks are not stable.
Low strength and the potential for frost action are management concerns on sites
for local roads and streets.
The trench walls of shallow excavations should be reinforced.
Providing suitable subgrade material helps to prevent the road damage caused by
low strength and frost action.
Interpretive Groups
Land capability classification: Urban land—8s; Kanawha—none assigned
Woodland ordination symbol: None assigned
Prime farmland: No
Hydric soil: No
UuB—Udorthents-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent
slopes, rarely flooded
Setting
Landscape position: On nearly level and gently sloping flood plains along the major
streams; throughout the county
Note: The Udorthents and Urban land occur as areas so intermingled and small that
mapping them separately is impractical.
Composition
Udorthents and Urban land: 75 percent
Dissimilar inclusions: 25 percent
Properties and Qualities
Udorthents
These soils generally consist of truncated areas and areas of heterogeneous fill
material. The thickness of the material in these areas varies. Fertility, permeability,
available water capacity, and other soil properties are dependent on the kind and
source of the fill material. Udorthents also include areas that have been excavated or
graded for construction.
Urban land
Urban land consists of areas where the surface is covered by works or structures,
such as streets, houses, concrete, or other impervious material.
Inclusions
Limiting inclusions:
Kanawha soils
Allegheny soils
Gilpin soils
Grigsby soils
Chagrin soils
Cotaco soils
Upshur soils
Monongahela soils
Soils that are occasionally flooded
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