PRIME FARMLAND SOILS LIST

LEHIGH COUNTY, PA

For use only with the 1959/1963 soil survey.

Symbol

Map Name

BdA

Bedford silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

BgB

Buchanan gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

BgB2

Buchanan gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

CgA2

Chester gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, moderately eroded

CgB

Chester gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

CgB2

Chester gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

CmA

Comly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

*CmB

Comly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

*CmB2

Comly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

DuA2

Duffield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, moderately eroded

DuB2

Duffield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

DvA

Duffield silt loam, low clay variant, 0 to 3 percent slopes

DvA2

Duffield silt loam, low clay variant, 0 to 3 percent slopes, moderately eroded

DvB

Duffield silt loam, low clay variant, 3 to 8 percent slopes

DvB2

Duffield silt loam, low clay variant, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

EkA

Elk silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

FgB2

Fleetwood gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

GhA

Glenville silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

GhA2

Glenville silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, moderately eroded

GhB

Glenville silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

GhB2

Glenville silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

Hn

Huntington silt loam

LaB2

Laidig gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

Ln

Lindside silt loam

MlA

Monongahela silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

MmB2

Montalto silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

MuB2

Murrill gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

NtA

Norton silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

NtB2

Norton silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

PeB

Penn shaly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

PeB2

Penn shaly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

Ph

Philo silt loam

RdA

Readington silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

RyA

Ryder silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

RyB2

Ryder silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

TrA

Trexler shaly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

TrB2

Trexler shaly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

WcB2

Washington gravelly loam, coarse variant, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

WgA

Washington silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

WgA2

Washington silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, moderately eroded

WgB

Washington silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

WgB2

Washington silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

WhA

Wheeling gravelly loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

WhB2

Wheeling gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded

*Added to the legend

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