Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

104 Soil Survey
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Content of gravel and large stones and slope
Land capability classification: 7E
Interpretive Group
PcD—Pigeonroost-Cheoah complex, 5 to 15 percent
slopes
Setting
Landform: Mountains
Landform position: Summits, backslopes, and footslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping or strongly sloping
Composition
Pigeonroost soils—about 50 percent
Cheoah soils—about 50 percent
Typical Profile
Pigeonroost
Surface layer:
0 to 6 inches—dark brown loam
Subsoil:
6 to 12 inches—dark yellowish brown fine sandy loam
12 to 34 inches—dark yellowish brown gravelly sandy clay loam
Underlying material:
34 to 44 inches—multicolored, rippable metamorphic bedrock grading to hard bedrock
Cheoah
Surface layer:
0 to 7 inches—black loam
Subsurface layer:
7 to 12 inches—very dark grayish brown loam
Subsoil:
12 to 32 inches—dark yellowish brown loam that has very dark grayish brown mottles
32 to 54 inches—dark yellowish brown loam that has grayish brown mottles
Substratum:
54 to 59 inches—dark yellowish brown loam that has very pale brown mottles
Underlying material:
59 to 65 inches—multicolored, rippable phyllite and metasandstone bedrock
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Pigeonroost—moderate; Cheoah—moderately rapid