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<strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lincoln</strong> <strong>County</strong>, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong><br />

Because the soil is s<strong>of</strong>t when wet, road pavement is subject to cracking and<br />

buckling under heavy loads.<br />

Buildings can be constructed on well compacted fill material that raises the site a<br />

sufficient distance above the water table.<br />

Constructing roads on raised fill material and installing a drainage system help to<br />

prevent the damage caused by wetness.<br />

Land capability classification: 2w<br />

Woodland ordination symbol: 4A<br />

Prime farmland: Yes<br />

Hydric soil: No<br />

Interpretive Groups<br />

CoB—Cotaco loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes<br />

Setting<br />

Landscape position: On low terraces along the major streams; throughout the<br />

county<br />

Composition<br />

Cotaco and similar soils: 80 percent<br />

Dissimilar inclusions: 20 percent<br />

Typical Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

Surface layer:<br />

0 to 8 inches—brown loam<br />

Subsoil:<br />

8 to 12 inches—yellowish brown loam<br />

12 to 17 inches—yellowish brown, mottled loam<br />

17 to 28 inches—brownish yellow, mottled clay loam<br />

28 to 39 inches—brownish yellow and light gray clay loam<br />

Substratum:<br />

39 to 50 inches—brownish yellow and light gray loam<br />

50 to 65 inches—brownish yellow and light gray channery loam<br />

<strong>Soil</strong> Properties and Qualities<br />

Drainage class: Moderately well drained<br />

Permeability: Moderate<br />

Available water capacity: Moderate<br />

Depth to a seasonal high water table: 18 to 30 inches<br />

Flooding: None<br />

Shrink-swell potential: Low<br />

Hazard <strong>of</strong> erosion: Slight<br />

Slope class: Gently sloping<br />

Stoniness: None<br />

Rockiness: None<br />

Natural fertility: Medium<br />

Reaction: In unlimed areas, extremely acid to neutral in the A and BA horizons and<br />

extremely acid to strongly acid in the Bt and C horizons<br />

Organic matter content in the surface layer: Moderate<br />

Surface run<strong>of</strong>f: Very low<br />

Depth to bedrock: More than 60 inches<br />

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