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

Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
BA horizon (if it occurs):
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, fine sandy loam, silt loam
Bt horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam
BC horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam
Note—mottled in shades of red, gray, or yellow in some pedons
C horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam
Note—mottled in shades of red, gray, or yellow in some pedons
Beech Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Moderately well drained
Permeability: Moderately slow or moderate
Landscape position: On footslopes and colluvial fans and in coves; in the eastern and
northern parts of the county
Parent material: Mixed colluvium derived from sandstone, shale, and siltstone
Slope range: 15 to 35 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
Representative Pedon
Beech loam, in an area of Beech loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, in a mixed hardwood
and shortleaf pine forest in Wayne County, West Virginia; about 500 yards east of the
junction of Long Branch Road and Butler Branch and about 1,000 yards southeast of
the Cabell County line; USGS Winslow topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees
18 minutes 12 seconds N. and long. 82 degrees 19 minutes 38 seconds W.
Oi—0 to 1 inch; slightly decomposed leaf litter, twigs, and pine needles.
A—1 to 7 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate fine and medium granular
structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots; 10 percent siltstone and
shale channers; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.
BA—7 to 10 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery loam; weak medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; 15 percent
shale and siltstone channers; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt1—10 to 22 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery loam; moderate medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; common
discontinuous clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent shale and siltstone
channers; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
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