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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Lower part of the Bt horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 5Y or is neutral
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—0 to 6
Texture—silty clay loam, silty clay, clay
C horizon:
Hue—7.5Y to 5Y or is neutral
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—0 to 6
Texture—silt loam, silty clay loam, silty clay, clay
Fiveblock Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained
Permeability: Moderate or moderately rapid
Landscape position: On nearly level or gently sloping benches, strongly sloping to
very steep side slopes of hills, and very steep outslopes; in revegetated areas
that were formerly surface mined for coal
Parent material: Nonacid regolith from the surface mining of coal
Slope range: 0 to 65 percent
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Udorthents
Representative Pedon
Fiveblock channery loam, in an area of Kaymine and Fiveblock soils, 35 to 65 percent
slopes, extremely stony, on a hillside in a reclaimed area previously used for surface
mining; 0.75 mile north of Kiah Creek and 0.3 mile southeast of Frances Creek;
USGS Trace topographic quadrangle; lat. 37 degrees 59 minutes 52 seconds N. and
long. 83 degrees 12 minutes 06 seconds W.
A—0 to 4 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; common fine roots; 30 percent sandstone channers
(2 millimeters to 0.75 inch); slightly alkaline; gradual smooth boundary.
C1—4 to 25 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery sandy loam; massive;
very friable; few fine roots; 40 percent sandstone channers (2 millimeters to
3 inches); neutral; clear smooth boundary.
C2—25 to 50 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely flaggy sandy loam;
massive; very friable; 60 percent sandstone flagstones, channers, and stones;
10 percent siltstone channers (2 millimeters to 3 inches); moderately acid;
gradual smooth boundary.
C3—50 to 65 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very flaggy sandy loam; massive;
very friable; 45 percent sandstone flagstones, channers, and stones; 5 percent
shale channers (2 millimeters to 3 inches); moderately acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: Less than 20 inches
Depth to bedrock: More than 60 inches
Reaction: Moderately acid to slightly alkaline throughout
Content of rock fragments: 15 to 45 percent in the A horizon; 20 to 70 percent in the
C horizon
A horizon:
Hue—10YR
Value—4 or 5
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