PIKE RUN SOILS

LINKS

Brooke Silty Clay Loam   Culleoka Silt Loam   Dormont Silt Loam  

Dormont-Culleoka Silt Loam   Fluvaquents Loam   Glenford Silt Loam  

Guernsey Silt Loam   Library Silty Clay   Mine Related Soils   Newark Silt Loam   

Purdy    Udoethents    Urban   Water    Weikert-Culleoka Complex

Back to Soils Page

SSURGO GIS Data provided by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

GUERNSEY SERIES

GeB - Guernsey silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

GeC - Guernsey silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes

GeD - Guernsey silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes

CONSISTS OF DEEP, MODERATELY WELL DRAINED SOILS FORMED IN COLLUVIUM AND RESIDUUM FROM SHALE, SILTSTONE AND LIMESTONE ON UPLANDS. THE SURFACE LAYER IS BROWN SILT LOAM , INCHES THICK. THE SUBSOIL IS YELLOWISH BROWN AND BROWN SILT LOAM IN UPPER 4 INCHES AND DARK BROWN AND GRAYISH BROWN MOTTLED SILTY CLAY AND SILTY CLAY LOAM IN LOWER 32 INCHES. THE SUBSTRATUM IS 6 INCHES OF LIGHT OLIVE GRAY AND GRAY SHALY SILTY CLAY LOAM. SLOPES RANGE FROM 2 TO 70 PERCENT. PRINCIPAL USES ARE PASTURELAND AND CROPLAND.