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

C horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—1 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, clay loam
Berks Series
Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Depth class: Moderately deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderate
Landscape position: On summits of ridges and the upper side slopes of hills
Parent material: Shale and siltstone residuum
Slope range: 35 to 65 percent
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Representative Pedon
Berks very channery loam, in a wooded area of Berks-Shelocta association, very
steep, extremely stony, in Boone County, West Virginia; 0.36 mile west of the
confluence of Low Gap Creek and Spruce Fork of Little Coal River; 0.2 mile
southwest of Low Gap, West Virginia; USGS Madison topographic quadrangle;
lat. 38 degrees 01 minute 44 seconds N. and long. 81 degrees 50 minutes
24 seconds W.
Oe—0 to 1 inch; moderately decomposed hardwood leaf litter.
A—1 to 3 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) very channery loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; many fine roots; 40 percent siltstone channers; extremely
acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
BA—3 to 7 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery loam; weak fine and
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and very fine roots;
45 percent siltstone channers; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw—7 to 17 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely channery silt loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots; 60 percent
siltstone channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
BC—17 to 24 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely channery silt loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots; 75 percent siltstone
channers; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.
R—24 inches; hard, gray and brown siltstone bedrock.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 18 to 40 inches
Depth to bedrock: 20 to 40 inches
Reaction: Extremely acid to slightly acid throughout
Content of rock fragments: 20 to 50 percent in the A and BA horizons; 15 to
80 percent in the B horizon; 35 to 90 percent in the C horizon
A horizon:
Hue—10YR
Value—3 to 5
Chroma—3 or 4
Texture—loam, silt loam
BA horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
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