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

A horizon:
Hue—10YR
Value—3 to 5
Chroma—3 or 4
Texture—silt loam, loam
BA horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—4 to 8
Texture—silt loam, loam
Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Bt horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—4 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
BC horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—4 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
C horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 8
Chroma—3 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam
Senecaville Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Moderately well drained
Permeability: Moderate or moderately slow
Landscape position: On flood plains along the major streams; in the northern part of
Lincoln County
Parent material: Alluvium washed from lime-influenced and acid soils on uplands
Slope range: 0 to 3 percent
Classification: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts
Representative Pedon
Senecaville silt loam, in an area of Putnam County, West Virginia; in a meadow at
the confluence of Bridge Creek and Trace Fork, about 50 yards north of Route 39,
and about 30 yards west of Route 52; USGS Garretts Bend topographic quadrangle;
lat. 38 degrees 20 minutes 13 seconds N. and long. 81 degrees 56 minutes
40 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 6 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular
blocky structure parting to weak medium granular; very friable; many fine and
medium roots; moderately acid; abrupt wavy boundary.
Bw1—6 to 16 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak and moderate medium
subangular blocky structure; very friable; many fine roots; common discontinuous
fine silt coatings on faces of peds; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bw2—6 to 30 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam; common medium and coarse
brown (7.5YR 4/2 and 5/2) redox depletions; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) redox
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