Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

108 Soil Survey
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Yellow-poplar, black walnut, and loblolly pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, and low strength
Urban development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Slow water movement, seepage, and low strength
Recreational development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Slope
Land capability classification: 2E
Interpretive Group
ScB—Shack gravelly silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Ridges and low hills
Landform position: Summits, backslopes, and footslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping
Surface layer:
0 to 6 inches—brown gravelly silt loam
Typical Profile
Subsoil:
6 to 15 inches—light yellowish brown gravelly silt loam
15 to 22 inches—yellowish brown gravelly silty clay loam
22 to 29 inches—variegated yellowish brown, light gray, and yellowish red gravelly silty
clay loam
29 to 45 inches—strong brown gravelly silty clay loam that has yellowish red mottles
45 to 60 inches—red gravelly silty clay loam that has strong brown mottles
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Moderately well drained
Seasonal high water table: Perched; at a depth of 1.5 to 2.5 feet
Permeability: Moderately slow
Available water capacity: Moderate
Root zone: Moderately deep to a dense and brittle layer that is somewhat restrictive
Minor Components
Bodine, Capshaw, Conasauga, Docena, Fullerton, Holston, and Waynesboro soils,
which are in similar landform positions
Guthrie and Wax soils, which are in the slightly lower landform positions
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture, hayland, cropland, and woodland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Well suited
Suitability to hay: Well suited