Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

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Land capability classification: 6E
Interpretive Group
CsC—Conasauga silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Low hills
Landform position: Backslopes and footslopes
Surface features: Outcropping of limestone in places
Flooding: None
Slope: Strongly sloping
Surface layer:
0 to 3 inches—brown silt loam
Subsurface layer:
3 to 6 inches—yellowish brown silt loam
Typical Profile
Subsoil:
6 to 15 inches—yellowish brown silty clay loam
15 to 28 inches—light olive brown silty clay that has strong brown and yellowish red
mottles
28 to 34 inches—light olive brown silty clay that has strong brown and light gray mottles
34 to 38 inches—variegated light olive brown, strong brown, and light gray silty clay loam
Underlying material:
38 to 60 inches: multicolored, rippable shale bedrock bedded at angles of 35 to 90
degrees
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Moderately well drained
Seasonal high water table: Apparent; at a depth of 1.5 to 3.0 feet
Permeability: Slow
Available water capacity: Low
Root zone: Moderately deep
Minor Components
Albertville, Cunningham, Enders, and Townley soils, which are in similar landform
positions
Capshaw and Docena soils, which are in the slightly lower landform positions
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture, woodland, hayland, and cropland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Moderately suited
Suitability to pasture: Moderately suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine