Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 51
Flooding: None
Slope: Moderately steep
Surface layer:
0 to 8 inches—yellowish brown silt loam
Typical Profile
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
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
Enders, Montevallo, Nella, Panama, and Townley soils, which are on similar
landforms
Soils that have darker red colors and sandier textures than the Cunningham soil
Areas of soils that have common to many sandstone rocks on the surface
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Woodland and pasture
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Unsuited
Suitability to pasture: Poorly suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion and slope
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, low strength, low available water capacity,
stickiness, high plasticity index, and content of rock fragments
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, shrink-swell potential, slow water movement, low
strength, and slope
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Slope and slow water movement