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

Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Note—redoximorphic or relict redoximorphic features in shades of brown, olive, or
gray in some pedons
Skidmore Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Landscape position: On narrow flood plains along the tributaries of streams;
throughout the southern part of Lincoln County
Parent material: Mixed alluvium
Slope range: 0 to 3 percent
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, mesic Dystric Fluventic
Eutrudepts
Representative Pedon
Skidmore gravelly sandy loam, frequently flooded, on a low flood plain along
Sulphur Creek; about 1.1 miles northwest of Tony Cemetery, 0.5 mile northeast
of Green Shoals Mountain, and 800 feet east of Big Ugly Creek; USGS Big Creek
topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 02 minutes 57 seconds N. and
long. 82 degrees 03 minutes 07 seconds W.
A—0 to 10 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium
granular structure; very friable; common very fine and medium roots; few coarse
roots; 15 percent sandstone gravel; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bw—10 to 22 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy loam;
weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine and medium
roots; 40 percent sandstone gravel; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
BC—22 to 30 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6 and 4/4) extremely cobbly
sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine and
fine roots; 65 percent sandstone cobbles; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
C—30 to 65 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3)
extremely cobbly loamy sand; loose, single grain; very friable; few very fine roots;
80 percent sandstone cobbles; slightly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to bedrock: More than 60 inches
Reaction: Moderately acid to slightly alkaline throughout
Content of rock fragments: 5 to 50 percent in the A and Bw horizons; 35 to
90 percent in the BC and C horizons
A horizon:
Hue—10YR
Value—4 or 5
Chroma—3 or 4
Texture—gravelly or channery analogs of fine sandy loam, loam, and sandy loam
Bw horizon:
Hue—7.5YR or 10YR
Value—4 to 6
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—very gravelly, channery, or cobbly analogs of fine sandy loam, loam, and
sandy loam
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