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Matewan Series
Depth class: Moderately
deep (fig. 13)
Drainage class: Well
drained or somewhat
excessively drained
Permeability: Moderately
rapid or rapid
Landscape position: On
summits, shoulders,
and nose slopes of
ridges and on convex
and linear side slopes
of hills
Parent material: Residuum
derived from gray and
brown acid sandstone
Slope range: 25 to
65 percent
Classification: Loamyskeletal,
mixed, active,
mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Representative Pedon
Matewan sandy loam, in a
wooded area of Highsplint-
Matewan-Cloverlick
association, very steep,
extremely stony, on a very
steep upper backslope;
1.5 miles west-southwest of
the Abbott Fork-Big Ugly
Creek confluence; 1 mile
south of the head of the Big
Fork Branch of Sand Creek;
0.8 mile north of the Elias
Fork of Sand Creek; USGS
Big Creek topographic
Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Figure 13.—Representative profile of the Matewan series. Rock
fragments as much as 3 inches or more in size make up
about 50 percent of the total volume of the subsoil. Depth
is marked in inches.
quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 02 minutes 37 seconds N. and long. 82 degrees
05 minutes 40 seconds W.
Oi—0 to 3 inches; slightly decomposed leaf litter.
Oe—3 to 4 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moderately decomposed leaf litter;
abrupt smooth boundary.
A—4 to 6 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) sandy loam; moderate fine granular
structure; very friable; common very fine, fine, and medium roots; 10 percent
sandstone channers; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
BA—6 to 9 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) channery sandy loam; weak fine
subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine and very fine roots; few
medium roots; 15 percent sandstone channers; strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
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