LOCATION SENECAVILLE WV+OH
Established Series
DDC, SLH/Rev.MDJ
04/2015
SENECAVILLE SERIES
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Senecaville silt loam - cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)
Ap--0 to 20 cm (0 to 8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam, light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) dry; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (13 to 25 cm thick)
Bw1--20 to 43 cm (8 to 17 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; few fine pores; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw2--43 to 81 cm (17 to 32 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable and firm; few fine roots; few fine pores; few fine prominent black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions and coatings; common fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) iron depletions; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bw horizon is 43 to 102 cm)
C--81 to 152 cm (32 to 60 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam, with thin bands of pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) silt and fine sand; massive; firm; common fine prominent black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions and coatings; many fine and medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions; moderately acid. (71 to 127 cm thick)
TYPE LOCATION:
County: Wood
State: West Virginia
USGS Quadrangle: Lubeck, West Virginia
Latitude (Decimal Degrees, WGS84): 39.146517 N
Longitude (Decimal Degrees, WGS84): -81.633792 W
Directions to the pedon: In a meadow, about 0.3 mile southeast of Wadesville along the North Fork of Lee Creek.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Cambic: 13 to 25 cm (5 to 10 inches)
Depth to the base of the Cambic: 76 to 104 cm (30 to 41 inches)
Solum Thickness: 76 to 127 cm or more (30 to 50 inches or more)
Depth Class: Very deep
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 46 to 91 cm (18 to 36 inches), January through April
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 5 percent, by volume, in the solum, and 0 to 20 percent, by volume, in the substratum
Soil Reaction: Slightly acid through strongly acid throughout the profile, except where limed
Fine-Earth Fraction: Averages 18 to 40 percent clay in the particle-size control section
Range of Individual Horizons:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. Uncultivated areas may have a thin Al horizon with a value of 2 or 3.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam or loam
Bw horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 3 through 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam or silty clay loam
Redoximorphic features--iron-manganese masses, iron depletions, and iron-manganese concretions and coatings, occurring within 38 to 61 centimeters of the soil surface, having a chroma of 1 through 8
BC or C horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 2.5YR through 7.5YR, value of 2 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam, loam, and less commonly fine sandy loam; some pedons are stratified
Redoximorphic features--iron-manganese masses, iron depletions, and iron-manganese concretions and coatings, having a chroma of 1 through 8
COMPETING SERIES:
Boonewood soils--formed in local alluvium, with solum thickness and depth to bedrock of less than 102 centimeters
Hemlock soils--formed in post-glacial alluvium, have more clay in the surface horizon, and carbonates are often present
Hontas soils--formed in alluvium, from limestone and dolomite materials, have 10YR hue throughout, and have dominant low chroma within 102 centimeters of the mineral soil surface
Lindside soils--formed in alluvium from limestone material and have 7.5YR or yellower hue throughout
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
MLRA(s) using this series: 99, 126, 139
Landscape: Valleys
Landform: Flood plains
Parent Material Kind: Fine-silty alluvium washed from soils underlain by shale, siltstone, and some sandstone
Slope: Dominantly 0 to 3 percent
Elevation: 163 to 368 meters (535 to 1207 feet)
Frost-free period: 135 to 230 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 10 to 15 degrees C. (50 to 59 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 914 to 1295 millimeters (36 to 51 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Allegheny soils--occur on high terraces, have argillic horizons, lack redoximorphic features, and have fine-loamy particle-size control sections
Gallia soils--occur on high terraces, have argillic horizons, lack redoximorphic features, and have fine-loamy particle-size control sections
Gilpin soils--occur on uplands, have 7.5YR or yellower hue, have argillic horizons, and are underlain by bedrock at a depth of 51 to 102 centimeters
Hackers soils--lack redoximorphic features within the control section and have argillic horizons
Melvin soils--have dominant chroma of 2 or less immediately below the surface layer
Monongahela soils--occur on high terraces and have a fragipan
Moshannon soils--lack redoximorphic features within the control section
Omulga soils--occur on high terraces and have a fragipan
Sensabaugh soils--formed in alluvium or colluvium, are well drained, and have gravelly textures in the control section
Upshur soils--occur on uplands, have argillic horizons, have more than 35 percent clay in the particle-size control section, and lack redoximorphic features within the control section
Vandalia soils--occur on adjacent foot slopes, have argillic horizons, have more than 35 percent clay in the particle-size control section, and lack redoximorphic features within the control section
Woodsfield soils--occur on uplands, have argillic horizons, have more than 35 percent clay in the particle-size control section, and lack redoximorphic features within the control section
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep (50 cm-100 cm) and common (present 3-6 months)
Index Surface Runoff: Very low or low
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately high to high
Permeability Class (obsolete): Moderate to moderately slow
Shrink-swell Potential: Low
Flooding Frequency and Duration: Occasional or rare, and very brief
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Cropland, hayland, and pastureland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--Corn, oats, soybeans, tobacco, wheat, alfalfa, bluegrass, and clover. Where wooded--Oaks, pines, white ash, and yellow-poplar
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Western West Virginia and Northern Ohio
Extent: Moderate, about 22,000 acres at the time of this revision
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Guernsey County (Seneca Fork Project), Ohio, 1939.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 20 cm (Ap horizon)
Cambic horizon--the zone from 20 to 81 cm (Bw1 and Bw2 horizons)
Other soil features identified with this pedon:
Fluvaquentic feature--irregular decrease in organic carbon and redoximorphic features with chroma of 2 or less within a depth of 60 cm (24 inches)
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 150 cm (0 to 60 inches)
This edit updates the 09/2003 revision by WFH-ART-JCL
ADDITIONAL DATA:
No characterization data is available from the KSSL or state laboratories
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.