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

Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam
Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Bw horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
BC horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
C horizon (if it occurs):
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam
Cedarcreek Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderate or moderately rapid
Landscape position: On nearly level or gently sloping benches and very steep
outslopes; in revegetated areas that were formerly surface-mined for coal
Parent material: Acid regolith from the surface mining of coal
Slope range: 3 to 80 percent
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, acid, mesic Typic Udorthents
Representative Pedon
Cedarcreek very channery loam, in a wooded area of Cedarcreek-Rock outcrop
complex, very steep, extremely stony, in Boone County, West Virginia; about
3.2 miles northeast of U.S. Route 119 at the Little Hewitt Creek exit; USGS Julian
topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 11 minutes 24 seconds N. and
long. 81 degrees 49 minutes 48 seconds W.
A—0 to 3 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) very channery loam; moderate fine granular
structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; 50 percent channers and stones
(60 percent sandstone and 40 percent siltstone); strongly acid; clear wavy
boundary.
C1—3 to 20 inches; mixed yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR
6/8) very channery loam; few yellow, brown, and gray lithochromic mottles;
massive; friable; few fine and very fine roots; about 40 percent channers and
stones (40 percent sandstone, 55 percent siltstone, and 5 percent coal); very
strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C2—20 to 38 inches; mixed yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR
6/8) very channery loam; few yellow, gray, and brown lithochromic mottles;
massive; friable; about 50 percent channers and stones (40 percent sandstone,
55 percent siltstone, and 5 percent coal); very strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
C3—38 to 65 inches; mixed yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR
6/8) very channery loam; few brown and gray lithochromic mottles; massive;
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