LOCATION LINDSIDE WV+AL IN KY MD OH PA TN VA
Established Series
DJB-SLH/Rev. MDJ
09/2015
LINDSIDE SERIES
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Lindside silt loam in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)
Ap--0 to 20 cm (0 to 8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; few roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 inches) thick)
BA--20 to 43 cm (8 to 17 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; few roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 30 cm (0 to 12 inches) thick)
Bw--43 to 75 cm (17 to 30 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm; few roots; many fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and few fine and medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of Bw horizon 25 to 90 cm (10 to 34 inches))
BC--75 to 112 cm (30 to 44 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm; few roots; common medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 70 cm (0 to 28 inches) thick)
C--112 to 165 cm (44 to 65 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) weakly stratified silt loam and silty clay loam; massive; firm; common medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions, prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds, and few distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION:
County: Wood
State: West Virginia
USGS Quadrangle: Marietta, Ohio
Latitude (Decimal Degrees, NAD 83): 39.3827222 N
Longitude (Decimal Degrees, NAD 83): -81.4822500 W
Directions to the pedon: about 150 yards (137 m) east of the Ohio River, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Keller Lane.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Cambic: 15 to 51 cm (6 to 20 inches)
Depth to the base of the Cambic: 46 to 107 cm (19 to 42 inches)
Solum Thickness: 63 to 152 cm (25 to 60 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 165 cm (65 inches)
Depth Class: Deep or very deep
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 35 to 60 cm (14 to 24 inches), December through April
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 5 percent, by volume, within a depth of 102 cm (40 inches) and from 0 to 30 percent, by volume, below 102 cm
Soil Reaction: Strongly acid through slightly alkaline in the upper part, unless limed, and moderately acid through slightly alkaline in the lower part of the profile
Fine-Earth Fraction: Averages 18 to 35 percent clay and less than 15 percent sand in the particle size control section
Range of Individual Horizons:
Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 2 or 3. Dry value is 6 or more. Undisturbed areas have a thin A horizon with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 through 3.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam, silty clay loam, or loam
BA, Bw, and BC horizons:
Color--hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 through 6, above a depth of 51 centimeters (20 inches) and 1 through 4 below. Some pedons have moist value of 3 and chroma of 2 where dry value is 6 or more.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam or silty clay loam, and in some pedons there are thin strata of very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or clay loam
Redoximorphic features--iron depletions with chroma of 2 or less typically occur in the Bw horizon
C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 1 through 4, except chroma of 6 and 8 are allowed if colors are mixed
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silty clay loam, silt loam, loam, clay loam, very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, and sandy loam and may be stratified
COMPETING SERIES:
Boonewood soils--are moderately deep to bedrock
Hemlock soils--often have carbonates in the series control section
Hontas soils--have low chroma matrix colors or low chroma mottles dominant on faces of peds in the B or C horizons within a depth of 102 cm from the surface
Senecaville soils--have a hue of 5YR or redder throughout the B horizon
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: River valley or Hills
Landform: Flood plain
MLRA(s): 111, 114, 115, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 147, 148
Geomorphic Component: Base slope
Hillslope Profile Position: Toe slope
Parent Material: Alluvium derived from limestone and/or calcareous sedimentary rocks on hills
Slope: 0 to 3 percent
Elevation: 30 to 550 meters (100 to 1800 feet)
Frost-free period: 150 to 255 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 8 to 14 degrees C. (45 to 57 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 900 to 1400 millimeters (35 to 55 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Ashton soils--occur on low terraces above the present flood plain
Chagrin soils--occur on slightly higher portions of flood plains where higher energy water movement has deposited sandier alluvium
Clarksburg soils--occur on footslope positions above terraces or flood plains
Huntington soils--occur on slightly lower parts of the flood plain, but are well drained
Melvin soils--occur on level areas or depressions on the flood plain
Newark soils--occur on slightly lower to level portions of the flood plain
Nolin soils--occur on similar parts of the flood plain, but are well drained
Sciotoville soils--occur on terraces above the present flood plain
Wheeling soils--occur on terraces above the present floodplain
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Shallow (25-50 cm) or moderately deep (50 cm to 1 m), and common (present 3-6 months)
Index Surface Runoff: Low or very low
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately high or high
Permeability Class (Obsolete): Moderate
Shrink-swell Potential: Low
Flooding Frequency and Duration: Occasional and brief
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: Cropland, pasture, and hayland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--Corn, soybeans, wheat, and truck crops. Where wooded--Mixed hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama
Extent: Large, about 360,000 acres at the time of this revision
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Monroe County, West Virginia, 1925.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 43 centimeters (0 to 17 inches) (Ap and BA horizons)
Cambic horizon--the zone from 43 to 75 centimeters (17 to 30 inches) (Bw horizon)
Aquic conditions--the soil has redox depletions within 43 cm (17 inches) of the surface, with periodic saturation and reduction at some time during the year
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 150 cm (0 to 59 inches)
Rev. KOS-ART-WJE-AWD-MS 02/2008 updated pedon description and competing series. Rev. MDJ 2/2009 update was to remove Missouri from and add Alabama to states where used and format description.
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.