Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

112 Soil Survey
Root zone: Shack—moderately deep to a dense and brittle layer that is somewhat
restrictive; Minvale and Bodine—very deep
Minor Components
Fullerton, Hanceville, and Waynesboro soils, which are on similar landforms
Soils that have small to medium chert fragments on the surface
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture and woodland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Unsuited
Suitability to pasture: Poorly suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion and content of gravel and large stones
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, wetness, content of rock fragments, low
available water capacity, and low strength
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to cemented pan, depth to saturated zone, slow water movement,
and slope
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Content of gravel and large stones, slope, depth to saturated zone, depth
to cemented pan, and slow water movement
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: Shack and Minvale—6E; Bodine—7S
SeA—Shellbluff silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes,
occasionally flooded
Landform: Flood plains
Flooding: Occasional
Slope: Nearly level
Surface layer:
0 to 7 inches—brown silt loam
Subsurface layer:
7 to 19 inches—brown loam
Setting
Typical Profile
Subsoil:
19 to 29 inches—dark yellowish brown loam
29 to 41 inches—dark yellowish brown silty clay loam
41 to 50 inches—dark yellowish brown silt loam that has yellowish brown mottles