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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
10 percent sandstone and shale channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy
boundary.
Bt1—14 to 27 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay loam; moderate
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium and coarse roots;
common distinct discontinuous clay films in root channels, in pores, and on faces
of peds; 15 percent sandstone and shale channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy
boundary.
Bt2—27 to 42 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay loam; moderate
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium and coarse roots;
common distinct discontinuous clay films in root channels, on pores, and on faces
of peds; 20 percent sandstone and shale channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy
boundary.
Bt3—42 to 58 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) channery silty clay loam; moderate coarse
subangular blocky structure; firm; few medium and coarse roots; common distinct
discontinuous clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent sandstone and
shale channers; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
BC—58 to 68 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very channery silty clay loam;
weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common distinct
discontinuous clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 35 percent sandstone and
shale channers; very strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 40 to more than 60 inches
Depth to bedrock: 40 to more than 80 inches
Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout
Content of rock fragments: 5 to 15 percent in the A and BA horizons; 5 to 50 percent
in the Bt, BC, and C horizons
A horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—2 to 4
Texture—loam, silt loam
BA horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—4 to 6
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
Bt horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—4 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
BC horizon:
Hue—7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value—3 to 6
Chroma—4 to 8
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
C horizon (if it occurs):
Hue—10YR or 2.5Y
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—2 to 6
Texture—loam, silt loam, silty clay loam
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