Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

116 Soil Survey
Subsoil:
7 to 16 inches—brownish yellow fine sandy loam
16 to 34 inches—yellowish red sandy clay loam that has strong brown mottles
Underlying material:
34 to 60 inches—multicolored, highly weathered, blocky sandstone that has some
shale fragments bedded at angles up to 30 degrees
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Available water capacity: Low
Root zone: Moderately deep
Minor Components
Albertville, Cunningham, Holston, Nauvoo, Nella, and Townley soils, which are in
similar landform positions
Soils that have a sandstone fragment content of more than 15 percent on the
surface or in the surface layer
Use and Management
Land use: Woodland and pasture
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Poorly suited
Suitability to pasture: Poorly suited
Management concerns: Erosion hazard
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, and low available water capacity
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slow water movement, and slope
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Slope and depth to bedrock
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 6E
SuB—Subligna extremely gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 5
percent slopes, occasionally flooded
Landform: Flood plains
Flooding: Occasional
Slope: Nearly level or gently sloping
Setting