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

Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: Less than 40 inches
Depth to bedrock: More than 60 inches
Reaction: Strongly acid to moderately alkaline throughout
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent throughout; 0 to 10 percent coal fragments
ranging from 0.5 millimeter to 1 inch in size
A horizon:
Hue—10YR or 2.5Y
Value—2 or 3
Chroma—2 or 3
Texture—silt loam, loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam
Note—commonly stratified or has bedding planes of very fine sand ranging to
medium sand
C horizon:
Hue—10YR or 2.5Y
Value—3 to 6
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—silt loam, loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy sand
Note—stratified in some pedons; bedding planes of very fine sand ranging to
medium sand in most pedons
Orrville Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained
Permeability: Moderate or moderately rapid
Landscape position: On low flood plains along the major rivers and small streams;
throughout the central and northern parts of the county
Parent material: Alluvium
Slope range: 0 to 3 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
Representative Pedon
Orrville loam, occasionally flooded; 1.4 miles southeast of Hamlin; 0.2 mile
north of the mouth of Tincture Fork of Trace Creek and 500 feet south-southwest
of the confluence of Jaynes Branch of Trace Creek and Trace Creek; USGS Hamlin
topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 15 minutes 54 seconds N. and
long. 82 degrees 05 minutes 02 seconds W.
A—0 to 6 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure;
very friable; many fine and very fine roots; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
BA—6 to 12 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium
subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine and very fine roots; slightly
acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bw—12 to 17 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; common fine distinct
gray (10YR 6/1) redox depletions; moderate medium subangular blocky structure;
friable; few fine roots; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bg1—17 to 30 inches; gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; common medium prominent strong
brown (7.5YR 4/6) oxidized root channels; moderate medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; few very fine roots; neutral; clear smooth boundary.
Bg2—30 to 36 inches; gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam;
moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly acid; clear smooth
boundary.
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