Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Contents
How To Use This Soil Survey .......................................................................................i
Foreword ..................................................................................................................... ix
General Nature of the Survey Area .............................................................................. 2
Settlement and History............................................................................................. 2
Geology.................................................................................................................... 3
Farming .................................................................................................................... 5
Physiography, Relief, and Drainage ......................................................................... 5
Industries, Utilities, and Transportation .................................................................... 6
Mines and Minerals .................................................................................................. 6
Water Resources ..................................................................................................... 7
Woodlands ............................................................................................................... 7
Climate ..................................................................................................................... 8
How This Survey Was Made ........................................................................................ 8
General Soil Map Units ............................................................................................ 11
Soils in Murray County ............................................................................................... 11
1. Townley-Conasauga-Montevallo ...................................................................... 11
2. Montevallo-Townley ......................................................................................... 12
3. Fullerton-Shack-Minvale .................................................................................. 12
4. Waynesboro-Holston-Dewey ........................................................................... 13
5. Chenneby-Shellbluff-Arkabutla ........................................................................ 14
6. Junaluska-Tsali-Cataska ................................................................................. 15
7. Nauvoo-Townley-Allen ..................................................................................... 15
Soils in Whitfield County ............................................................................................. 16
1. Townley-Conasauga ........................................................................................ 16
2. Montevallo-Townley ......................................................................................... 17
3. Shack-Bodine-Minvale-Fullerton ..................................................................... 17
4. Townley-Nella .................................................................................................. 18
5. Chenneby-Shellbluff-Arkabutla ........................................................................ 19
6. Bodine-Nella-Townley ...................................................................................... 19
7. Fullerton-Hanceville ......................................................................................... 20
8. Panama-Enders ............................................................................................... 21
Detailed Soil Map Units ........................................................................................... 23
AbB—Albertville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes.................................................... 24
AbD—Albertville silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes ................................................. 25
AnB—Allen loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes ................................................................. 26
AnD—Allen loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes .............................................................. 27
AnE—Allen loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes ............................................................. 28
ArC—Allen-Urban land complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes ....................................... 29
ArE—Allen-Urban land complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes ..................................... 30
AuA—Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded .................. 31
BoD—Bodine very gravelly silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes ................................. 32
BoE—Bodine very gravelly silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes ............................... 34
BoF—Bodine very gravelly silt loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes ............................... 35
CaA—Capshaw silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes .................................................... 36
CaB—Capshaw silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes .................................................... 37
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