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Value—3 or 4
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—silty clay, clay
Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
BC horizon (if it occurs):
Hue—10R to 5YR
Value—3 or 4
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—silty clay loam, silty clay, clay
C horizon:
Hue—10R to 5YR
Value—3 or 4
Chroma—3 to 6
Texture—silt loam, silty clay loam, silty clay, clay loam, clay
Vandalia Series
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Permeability: Slow or very slow
Landscape position: On footslopes, colluvial fans, and side slopes of hills;
throughout the northeastern part of the county
Parent material: Colluvium derived from shale, siltstone, and fine grained
sandstone
Slope range: 8 to 35 percent
Classification: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
Representative Pedon
Vandalia silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony; in a wooded footslope
above Tony Branch of Trace Fork of Mud River; USGS Garretts Bend topographic
quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 18 minutes 24 seconds N. and long. 81 degrees
55 minutes 46 seconds W.
A—0 to 3 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium
granular structure; very friable; many fine, medium, and coarse roots; 10 percent
shale channers; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary.
BA—3 to 7 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky
structure; very friable; common medium and coarse roots; 10 percent shale
channers; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt1—7 to 15 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay loam; moderate
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; few
faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent shale and siltstone channers; strongly
acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2—15 to 28 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) channery silty clay; moderate medium
subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common faint clay films on faces
of peds; 30 percent shale and siltstone channers; strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Bt3—28 to 55 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) channery clay; moderate medium
subangular blocky structure; firm; common distinct clay films on faces of peds;
25 percent shale and siltstone channers; very strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Bt4—55 to 67 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) channery silty clay; weak fine and
medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common distinct clay films on faces of
peds; 25 percent shale and siltstone channers; strongly acid.
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