Combs soil series
A representative soil profile of the Combs soil series. (Soil Survey of New River Gorge National River, West Virginia; by Wendy Noll and James Bell, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Combs series consists of very deep, well drained, alluvial soils on flood plains and terrace treads along rivers and major streams. Most areas are nearly level or gently sloping with slopes of 0 to 4 percent, but range to as much as 25 percent on riverbanks and risers.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
USE AND VEGETATION: Nearly all areas are cleared and used for growing cultivated crops and pasture. Crops include corn, small grains, tobacco, hay, and garden or truck crops. Native vegetation was a mixed mesophytic hardwood forest interspaced with cane breaks.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The Cumberland-Allegheny Plateau in the Northern and Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys, and the Blue Ridge in Kentucky, Virginia, and possibly West Virginia.
Solum thickness is more than 40 inches. Thickness of the mollic epipedon ranges from 10 to 24 inches. The soil ranges from moderately acid to neutral throughout. Coarse fragments are commonly lacking but range up to 15 percent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/west_virginia/...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/COMBS.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#combs
Combs soil series
A representative soil profile of the Combs soil series. (Soil Survey of New River Gorge National River, West Virginia; by Wendy Noll and James Bell, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Combs series consists of very deep, well drained, alluvial soils on flood plains and terrace treads along rivers and major streams. Most areas are nearly level or gently sloping with slopes of 0 to 4 percent, but range to as much as 25 percent on riverbanks and risers.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
USE AND VEGETATION: Nearly all areas are cleared and used for growing cultivated crops and pasture. Crops include corn, small grains, tobacco, hay, and garden or truck crops. Native vegetation was a mixed mesophytic hardwood forest interspaced with cane breaks.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The Cumberland-Allegheny Plateau in the Northern and Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys, and the Blue Ridge in Kentucky, Virginia, and possibly West Virginia.
Solum thickness is more than 40 inches. Thickness of the mollic epipedon ranges from 10 to 24 inches. The soil ranges from moderately acid to neutral throughout. Coarse fragments are commonly lacking but range up to 15 percent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/west_virginia/...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/COMBS.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#combs