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Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

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18 <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong><br />

Fullerton soils: 15 percent<br />

Minor components: 15 percent<br />

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

Shack<br />

Slope range: Gently sloping to moderately steep<br />

Drainage class: Moderately well drained<br />

Depth class: Very deep<br />

Bodine<br />

Slope range: Strongly sloping to very steep<br />

Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained<br />

Depth class: Very deep<br />

Minvale<br />

Slope range: Gently sloping to moderately steep<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Depth class: Very deep<br />

Fullerton<br />

Slope range: Gently sloping to moderately steep<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Depth class: Very deep<br />

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

Major uses: Pasture, hayl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

Management concerns: Erosion hazard, perched water tables, slope, slow water<br />

movement, <strong>and</strong> gravel content<br />

4. Townley-Nella<br />

Gently sloping to very steep, well drained, moderately deep to very deep soils that<br />

have a loamy or clayey subsoil <strong>and</strong> formed in colluvium <strong>and</strong> residuum from s<strong>and</strong>stone<br />

<strong>and</strong> acid shale<br />

Setting<br />

Major l<strong>and</strong> resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges <strong>and</strong> Valleys<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form: Hills <strong>and</strong> ridges<br />

Slope range: 2 to 60 percent slopes<br />

Composition<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> <strong>Whitfield</strong> County: 14 percent<br />

Townley soils: 20 percent<br />

Nella <strong>and</strong> similar soils: 20 percent<br />

Minor components: 60 percent<br />

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

Townley<br />

Slope range: Gently sloping to steep<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Depth class: Moderately deep<br />

Nella<br />

Slope range: Gently sloping to very steep<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Depth class: Very deep

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