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.
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