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DORMONT-CULLEOKA

DtD - Dormont-Culleoka silt loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes

DtF - Dormont-Culleoka silt loams, 25 to 50 percent slopes

DORMONT SERIES

CONSISTS OF VERY DEEP, MODERATELY WELL DRAINED SOILS ON UPLANDS. THEY FORMED IN RESIDUUM AND COLLUVIUM CONSISTING OF SHALE, SILTSTONE AND SOME LIMESTONE. TYPICALLY, THESE SOILS HAVE A BROWNISH SILT LOAM SURFACE LAYER 7 INCHES THICK. THE UPPER SUBSOIL FROM 7 TO 25 INCHES IS A BROWN AND YELLOWISH BROWN SILT LOAM. THE PALE BROWN AND GRAY SILTY CLAY LOAM LOWER SUBSOIL EXTENDS FROM 25 TO 53 INCHES. THE SUBSTRATUM FROM 53 TO 72 INCHES IS GRAY SILTY CLAY.

THE CULLEOKA SERIES

CONSISTS OF MODERATELY DEEP, WELL DRAINED SOILS ON UPLANDS. THEY FORMED MOSTLY IN MATERIAL WEATHERED FROM SILTSTONE OR SANDSTONE. TYPICALLY THESE SOILS HAVE A BROWN SILT LOAM SURFACE LAYER 9 INCHES THICK. THE SUBSOIL FROM 9 TO 27 INCHES IS BROWN CHANNERY SILT LOAM AND FLAGGY SILT LOAM. THE SUBSTRATUM FROM 27 TO 33 INCHES IS MOTTLED STRONG BROWN AND YELLOWISH-BROWN VERY FLAGGY SILTY CLAY LOAM. BEDROCK IS AT 33 INCHES. SLOPES RANGE FROM 2 TO 65 PERCENT.