Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

48 Soil Survey
Available water capacity: Low
Root zone: Very deep
Minor Components
Soils that have fewer rock fragments throughout the profile than the Craigsville soil
Soils that are not well drained
Soils that are not subject to flooding
Use and Management
Land use: Woodland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Moderately suited
Suitability to hay: Moderately suited
Suitability to pasture: Well suited
Management concerns: Flooding and content of gravel
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Eastern white pine and yellow-poplar
Management concerns: Flooding and rock fragments
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Flooding, seepage, and filtering capacity
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Flooding and content of gravel
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 3S
CxB—Cunningham silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Low hills
Landform position: Backslopes and footslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping
Typical Profile
Surface layer:
0 to 8 inches—yellowish brown silt loam
Subsoil:
8 to 11 inches—brownish yellow silty clay loam that has strong brown mottles
11 to 20 inches—strong brown silty clay loam
20 to 28 inches—yellowish red silty clay that has red mottles
28 to 36 inches—yellowish red silty clay that has brownish yellow and red mottles
36 to 53 inches—variegated red, strong brown, brownish yellow, and very pale brown
channery silty clay
Underlying material:
53 to 60 inches—variegated red, strong brown, brownish yellow, and very pale brown
highly weathered shale bedrock that crushes to very channery silty clay loam