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

Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia
Use and Management
Uses: Most areas of this Kanawha soil are used for cultivated crops, hay, or pasture.
Some areas are used as woodland.
Cropland
Suitability: Suited
Management considerations:
In some areas the soil is subject to streambank erosion.
Leaving a border of trees along streams helps to prevent streambank erosion.
Pasture and Hayland
Suitability: Suited
Management considerations:
Establishing and maintaining healthy sod and preventing overgrazing are major
management concerns in pastured areas.
Unrestricted access to streams by livestock causes streambank erosion and water
pollution.
Proper stocking rates, a planned grazing system, and deferred grazing during wet
periods help to keep the pasture in good condition.
Access to streams by livestock should be limited to protected crossings.
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderately high
Management considerations:
Plant competition is severe if openings are made in the canopy.
Applying selective cutting during harvest helps to ensure that woodland consists of
the preferred species.
Community Development
Suitability: Suited
Management considerations:
Shallow excavations can cave in because some cutbanks are not stable.
Low strength is a management concern on sites for local roads and streets.
The trench walls of shallow excavations should be reinforced.
Providing suitable subgrade material helps to prevent the road damage caused by
low strength.
Land capability classification: 1
Woodland ordination symbol: 4A
Prime farmland: Yes
Hydric soil: No
Interpretive Groups
KaB—Kanawha silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes,
protected
Setting
Landscape position: On high flood plains and low terraces along the major streams
and rivers; throughout the county
Note: Protected from flooding
Composition
Kanawha and similar soils: 85 percent
Dissimilar inclusions: 15 percent
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