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

Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Substratum:
41 to 47 inches—dusky red channery clay
Bedrock:
47 to 52 inches—weathered soft shale and siltstone
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Permeability: Gilpin—moderate; Upshur—slow
Available water capacity: Moderate
Depth to a seasonal high water table: More than 72 inches
Flooding: None
Shrink-swell potential: Gilpin—low; Upshur—high
Hazard of erosion: Severe
Slope class: Very steep
Stoniness: None
Rockiness: None
Natural fertility: Medium
Reaction: In unlimed areas, extremely acid to moderately acid throughout the Gilpin
soil and very strongly acid to slightly acid throughout the Upshur soil
Organic matter content in the surface layer: Moderate
Surface runoff: Very high
Depth to bedrock: Gilpin—20 to 40 inches; Upshur—40 to 60 inches
Inclusions
Limiting inclusions:
Soils with slopes of more than 65 percent
Areas of bedrock escarpment
Soils that are less than 20 inches deep over bedrock
Areas of disturbed soils
Areas where stones cover as much as 3 percent of the soil surface
Soils that have more than 35 percent rock fragments in the subsoil
Soils that are severely eroded
Use and Management
Uses: Most areas of this map unit are used as woodland.
Cropland
Suitability: Unsuited
Management considerations:
Erosion in unprotected areas and the steepness of slope are the main management
concerns.
Because of the slope, this map unit is unsuited to cultivated crops.
Pasture and Hayland
Suitability: Unsuited to hay; poorly suited to pasture
Management considerations:
Erosion is a hazard in unprotected areas and in areas where the sod has been
removed by overgrazing.
Proper stocking rates and short-duration grazing during the summer months help to
control wind erosion and water erosion, maintain plant density and hardiness, and
keep the pasture in good condition.
Growing grasses and legumes for pasture or hay helps to control erosion.
Woodland
Potential productivity: Gilpin—moderately high; Upshur—moderate
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