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Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

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54 <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong><br />

Urban development<br />

Suitability: Moderately suited<br />

Limitations: Slow water movement, shrink-swell potential, <strong>and</strong> low strength<br />

Recreational development<br />

Suitability: Well suited<br />

Limitations: Slope <strong>and</strong> content <strong>of</strong> gravel<br />

L<strong>and</strong> capability classification: 2E<br />

Interpretive Group<br />

DeD—Dewey silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes<br />

Setting<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form: Low hills<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form position: Summits <strong>and</strong> backslopes<br />

Flooding: None<br />

Slope: Strongly sloping<br />

Surface layer:<br />

0 to 8 inches—reddish brown silt loam<br />

Typical Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

Subsoil:<br />

8 to 14 inches—dark red silty clay<br />

14 to 48 inches—red clay that has yellow <strong>and</strong> brownish yellow mottles<br />

48 to 60 inches—yellowish red clay that has yellow <strong>and</strong> brownish yellow mottles<br />

<strong>Soil</strong> Properties <strong>and</strong> Qualities<br />

Drainage class: Well drained<br />

Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet<br />

Permeability: Moderate<br />

Available water capacity: High<br />

Root zone: Very deep<br />

Minor Components<br />

Enders, Fullerton, <strong>and</strong> Hanceville soils, which are on similar l<strong>and</strong>forms<br />

Sequatchie soils, which are on the lower l<strong>and</strong>forms<br />

<strong>Soil</strong>s that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways<br />

Use <strong>and</strong> Management<br />

L<strong>and</strong> use: Cropl<strong>and</strong>, pasture, hayl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

Cropl<strong>and</strong>, hayl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> pasture<br />

Suitability to field crops: Poorly suited<br />

Suitability to hay: Moderately suited<br />

Suitability to pasture: Moderately suited<br />

Management concerns: Hazard <strong>of</strong> erosion<br />

Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

Potential productivity: High<br />

Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, <strong>and</strong> yellow-poplar<br />

Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, <strong>and</strong> low strength

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