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Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

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124 <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong><br />

Urban development<br />

Suitability: Moderately suited<br />

Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slow water movement, shrink-swell potential, low<br />

strength, <strong>and</strong> slope<br />

Recreational development<br />

Suitability: Poorly suited<br />

Limitations: Depth to bedrock, content <strong>of</strong> gravel, slow water movement, <strong>and</strong> slope<br />

Interpretive Group<br />

L<strong>and</strong> capability classification: Townley—6E; Urban l<strong>and</strong>—none assigned<br />

TsE—Tsali channery loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes<br />

Setting<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form: Mountains<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form position: Summits, shoulders, <strong>and</strong> backslopes<br />

Flooding: None<br />

Slope: Gently sloping to moderately steep<br />

Typical Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

Surface layer:<br />

0 to 4 inches—strong brown channery loam<br />

Subsoil:<br />

4 to 14 inches—yellowish red clay loam<br />

Underlying material:<br />

14 to 60 inches—multicolored, rippable, interbedded phyllite <strong>and</strong> metas<strong>and</strong>stone<br />

bedrock bedded at angles up to 60 degrees<br />

<strong>Soil</strong> Properties <strong>and</strong> Qualities<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet<br />

Permeability: Moderate<br />

Available water capacity: Very low<br />

Root zone: Shallow<br />

Minor Components<br />

Cataska, Junaluska, <strong>and</strong> Lily soils, which are in similar l<strong>and</strong>form positions<br />

Areas <strong>of</strong> rock outcrops<br />

<strong>Soil</strong>s that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways<br />

Use <strong>and</strong> Management<br />

L<strong>and</strong> use: Woodl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> pasture<br />

Cropl<strong>and</strong>, hayl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> pasture<br />

Suitability to field crops: Unsuited<br />

Suitability to hay: Unsuited<br />

Suitability to pasture: Poorly suited<br />

Management concerns: Hazard <strong>of</strong> erosion, depth to bedrock, <strong>and</strong> low available water<br />

capacity<br />

Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

Potential productivity: Low<br />

Preferred trees to plant: Shortleaf pine

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