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Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Community Development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Management considerations:
The steepness of slope, the depth to bedrock, and the severe hazard of erosion
on construction sites are management concerns affecting community development.
Buildings should be designed so that they conform to the natural slope of the land.
Land shaping is necessary in some areas.
Buildings or dwellings should be constructed on well compacted fill material that
raises the site a sufficient distance above the bedrock.
Maintaining a plant cover on construction sites, establishing a plant cover in
unprotected areas, and providing for the proper disposal of surface runoff help to
control erosion and sedimentation.
Interpretive Groups
Land capability classification: 6s
Woodland ordination symbol: Gilpin—5R on north aspects and 4R on south aspects;
Matewan—2F on north aspects and 3F on south aspects
Prime farmland: No
Hydric soil: No
GpC—Gilpin-Upshur complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes
Setting
Landscape position: On strongly sloping convex summits of ridges and benches;
weathered from red clay and acid gray shales; throughout the northern part of the
county
Note: The Gilpin and Upshur soils occur as areas so intermingled and small that
mapping them separately is impractical.
Composition
Gilpin, Upshur, and similar soils: 80 percent
Dissimilar soils: 20 percent
Typical Profile
Gilpin
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
Upshur
Organic layer:
0 to 1 inch—slightly decomposed leaf litter
Surface layer:
1 to 4 inches—brown silt loam
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