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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Management considerations:
Erosion on logging roads and skid trails is a major management concern.
Because the depth to bedrock restricts the root zone, trees may be uprooted during
periods of strong wind or heavy snowfall.
Establishing logging roads and skid trails on the contour helps to control erosion.
Windthrow can be minimized by applying harvest methods that do not leave the
remaining trees widely spaced and by such harvest methods as selective cutting
and strip cutting.
Community Development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Management considerations:
The slope and the depth to bedrock are the main limitations affecting building site
development.
Erosion is a severe hazard on construction sites.
Because this soil is soft when wet, road pavement is subject to cracking and
buckling under heavy loads.
Land shaping and grading can help to overcome the slope on building sites.
Buildings can be constructed on well compacted fill material that raises the site a
sufficient distance above the bedrock.
Establishing a plant cover during or soon after construction helps to prevent
excessive erosion in areas cleared for construction.
Providing suitable subgrade material helps to prevent the road damage caused by
low strength.
Interpretive Groups
Land capability classification: 4e
Woodland ordination symbol: 3R
Prime farmland: No
Hydric soil: No
GiE—Gilpin silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes
Setting
Landscape position: On summits, shoulders of ridges, and benches; throughout the
county
Composition
Gilpin and similar soils: 85 percent
Dissimilar inclusions: 15 percent
Typical Profile
Organic layers:
0 to 2 inches—slightly decomposed leaf litter
2 to 3 inches—moderately decomposed, very dark gray leaf litter
Surface layer:
3 to 6 inches—very dark grayish brown silt loam
Subsoil:
6 to 16 inches—yellowish brown channery silt loam
16 to 28 inches—brown channery silty clay loam
Bedrock:
28 to 33 inches—interbedded soft shale, siltstone, and fine grained sandstone
33 inches—hard, fine grained sandstone
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