Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

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TnE—Townley silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Low hills and ridges
Landform position: Summits and backslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Moderately steep
Surface layer:
0 to 5 inches—yellowish brown silt loam
Typical Profile
Subsoil:
5 to 16 inches—strong brown silty clay that has brownish yellow mottles
16 to 27 inches—strong brown channery silty clay loam that has red and brownish
yellow mottles
Underlying material:
27 to 60 inches—multicolored, rippable shale bedrock bedded at angles up to 35
degrees
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Slow
Available water capacity: Low
Root zone: Moderately deep
Minor Components
Albertville, Cunningham, Enders, Montevallo, and Sipsey soils, which are in similar
landform positions
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Woodland and pasture
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Unsuited
Suitability to pasture: Poorly suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, content of rock fragments, low strength, low
available water capacity, stickiness, and high plasticity index
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slow water movement, shrink-swell potential, low
strength, and slope
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, content of gravel, slow water movement, and slope