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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Cg—36 to 65 inches; gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; friable; neutral.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 24 to 48 inches
Depth to bedrock: More than 60 inches
Reaction: Strongly acid to slightly acid in the A, BA, and Bw horizons; strongly acid to
neutral in the Bg and Cg horizons
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 5 percent in the A horizon; 0 to 15 percent in the
B horizon; 0 to 25 percent in the C horizon
A horizon:
Hue—10YR
Value—2 to 4
Chroma—1 or 2
Texture—loam, silt loam
BA horizon:
Hue—10YR or 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—loam, silt loam
Bw horizon:
Hue—10YR or 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—loam, silt loam
Bg horizon:
Hue—10YR, 2.5Y, or is neutral
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—0 to 2
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
Cg horizon:
Hue—10YR, 2.5Y, or is neutral
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—0 to 2
Texture—loam, silt loam, sandy loam
Pineville Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderate
Landscape position: On the middle and lower side slopes of hills; on footslopes,
colluvial fans, and benches; and in coves
Parent material: Colluvium derived from sandstone, siltstone, and shale
Slope range: 25 to 65 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
Representative Pedon
Pineville channery loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony; about 0.38 mile
south-southwest of Ferrelsburg, West Virginia, and 0.28 mile north-northwest of the
mouth of Walker Branch Hollow; USGS Big Creek topographic quadrangle; lat. 38
degrees 01 minute 10 seconds N. and long. 82 degrees 06 minutes 35 seconds W.
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