Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 39
Management concerns: Depth to bedrock, erosion hazard, and low available water
capacity
Woodland
Potential productivity: Low
Preferred trees to plant: Virginia pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, and content of rock fragments
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slope, and seepage
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, content of gravel and large stones, and slope
Land capability classification: 7S
Interpretive Group
CkF—Cataska channery silt loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Mountains
Landform position: Summits and backslopes
Surface features: Outcropping of metasedimentary bedrock
Flooding: None
Slope: Moderately steep or steep
Typical Profile
Surface layer:
0 to 2 inches—very dark grayish brown channery silt loam
Subsoil:
2 to 16 inches—yellowish brown very channery silt loam
Underlying material:
16 to 27 inches—grayish, rippable phyllite
27 inches—hard, grayish, fractured phyllite
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Excessively drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Available water capacity: Very low
Root zone: Shallow
Minor Components
Junaluska, Lily and Tsali soils, which are in similar landform positions
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Woodland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Unsuited