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<strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lincoln</strong> <strong>County</strong>, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong><br />

Installing surface drainage ditches and cross culverts for surface water removal and<br />

providing suitable subgrade material help to prevent the road damage caused by<br />

low strength and by shrinking and swelling.<br />

Interpretive Groups<br />

Land capability classification: 4e<br />

Woodland ordination symbol: 4R<br />

Prime farmland: No<br />

Hydric soil: No<br />

VnE—Vandalia silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes, very<br />

stony<br />

Setting<br />

Landscape: On footslopes, colluvial fans, and side slopes <strong>of</strong> hills; throughout the<br />

northeastern part <strong>of</strong> the county<br />

Composition<br />

Vandalia and similar soils: 85 percent<br />

Dissimilar inclusions: 15 percent<br />

Typical Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

Surface layer:<br />

0 to 3 inches—dark brown silt loam<br />

Subsoil:<br />

3 to 7 inches—brown silt loam<br />

7 to 15 inches—strong brown channery silty clay loam<br />

15 to 28 inches—yellowish red channery silty clay<br />

28 to 55 inches—reddish brown channery clay<br />

55 to 67 inches—reddish brown channery silty clay<br />

<strong>Soil</strong> Properties and Qualities<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Permeability: Slow or very slow<br />

Available water capacity: Moderate<br />

Depth to a seasonal high water table: 48 to 72 inches<br />

Flooding: None<br />

Shrink-swell potential: High<br />

Hazard <strong>of</strong> erosion: Severe<br />

Slope class: Steep<br />

Stoniness: 1 to 3 percent <strong>of</strong> the surface covered by stones<br />

Rockiness: None<br />

Natural fertility: Medium<br />

Reaction: In unlimed areas, moderately acid to very strongly acid throughout<br />

Organic matter content in the surface layer: Moderate<br />

Surface run<strong>of</strong>f: High<br />

Depth to bedrock: More than 60 inches<br />

Inclusions<br />

Limiting inclusions:<br />

Gilpin soils<br />

<strong>Soil</strong>s that are severely eroded<br />

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