Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

50 Soil Survey
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
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, Enders, Montevallo, Townley, and Waynesboro soils, which are in similar
landform positions
Capshaw, Conasauga, and Docena soils, which are in the slightly lower landform
positions
Soils that have darker red colors and sandier textures than the Cunningham soil
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture, hayland, woodland, and cropland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Poorly suited
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
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, low strength, stickiness, high plasticity index,
and content of rock fragments
Urban development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, shrink-swell potential, slope, slow water movement, and
low strength
Recreational development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Slope and slow water movement
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 4E
CxE—Cunningham silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Low hills
Landform position: Summits and backslopes