Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 49
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Slow
Available water capacity: Moderate
Root zone: Deep
Minor Components
Albertville, Conasauga, Enders, and Townley soils, which are in similar landform
positions
Capshaw soils, which are in the slightly lower landform positions
Soils that have darker red colors and sandier textures than the Cunningham soil
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture, hayland, woodland, and cropland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Well suited
Suitability to hay: Well suited
Suitability to pasture: Well suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, low strength, stickiness, high plasticity index,
and content of rock fragments
Urban development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slow water movement, low strength, and shrink-swell
potential
Recreational development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Slope and slow water movement
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 2E
CxD—Cunningham silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Low hills
Landform position: Summits and backslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Strongly 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