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

Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
BC—58 to 66 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular
blocky structure; friable; few distinct clay films on faces of peds; moderately acid;
gradual smooth boundary.
C—66 to 72 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; very friable;
moderately acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 40 to 72 inches
Depth to bedrock: More than 60 inches
Reaction: Strongly acid or moderately acid in the A and BA horizons; moderately acid
to neutral in the Bt, BC, and C horizons
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent in the solum; 0 to 20 percent in the
substratum
A horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—2 to 4
Texture—fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam
BA horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam
Bt horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, clay loam
BC horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, clay loam
C horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—fine sandy loam, loam
Kaymine Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well 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, active, nonacid, mesic Typic Udorthents
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