Muskingum soil series
The Muskingum series consists of moderately deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils formed in residuum weathered from interbedded siltstone, sandstone and shale. Slopes range from 2 to 75 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Solum thickness and depth to bedrock ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Fragments of shale, siltstone or sandstone, mostly channers, range from 5 to 30 percent in the solum and 35 to 80 percent in the C horizon. Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout the profile, except the upper layers where limed.
USE AND VEGETATION: Gentle slopes are used for growing corn, wheat and hay. Most areas are in mixed forest of oaks, yellow poplar, hickory and maple.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee. The series is of large extent, but is being reduced in size as new series are adopted. Characterization sample S83KY-195-016; National Soil Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, Nebraska.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MUSKINGUM.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#muskingum
Muskingum soil series
The Muskingum series consists of moderately deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils formed in residuum weathered from interbedded siltstone, sandstone and shale. Slopes range from 2 to 75 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Solum thickness and depth to bedrock ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Fragments of shale, siltstone or sandstone, mostly channers, range from 5 to 30 percent in the solum and 35 to 80 percent in the C horizon. Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout the profile, except the upper layers where limed.
USE AND VEGETATION: Gentle slopes are used for growing corn, wheat and hay. Most areas are in mixed forest of oaks, yellow poplar, hickory and maple.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee. The series is of large extent, but is being reduced in size as new series are adopted. Characterization sample S83KY-195-016; National Soil Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, Nebraska.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MUSKINGUM.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#muskingum