Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 53
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slow water movement, shrink-swell potential, low
strength, and slope
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Slope and slow water movement
Land capability classification: 7E
Interpretive Group
DeB—Dewey silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Low hills
Landform position: Summits and backslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping
Surface layer:
0 to 8 inches—reddish brown silt loam
Typical Profile
Subsoil:
8 to 14 inches—dark red silty clay
14 to 48 inches—red clay that has yellow and brownish yellow mottles
48 to 60 inches—yellowish red clay that has yellow and brownish yellow mottles
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Available water capacity: High
Root zone: Very deep
Minor Components
Enders, Fullerton, Hanceville, and Waynesboro soils, which are in similar landform
positions
Sequatchie soils, which are in the lower landform positions
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Cropland, pasture, hayland, and woodland
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: High
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, and yellow-poplar
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, and low strength