Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

56 Soil Survey
Woodland
Potential productivity: High
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine, sweetgum, water oak, and yellow-poplar
Management concerns: Flooding, low strength, and wetness
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Flooding, depth to saturated zone, shrink-swell potential, low strength, and
slow water movement
Recreational development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Flooding and depth to saturated zone
Land capability classification: 2W
Interpretive Group
DsB—Docena-Conasauga complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Low hills
Landform position: Backslopes, footslopes, and toeslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping
Composition
Docena soils—about 50 percent
Conasauga soils—about 50 percent
Typical Profile
Docena
Surface layer:
0 to 3 inches—brown silt loam
Subsoil:
3 to 7 inches—yellowish brown silt loam that has light yellowish brown mottles
7 to 12 inches—yellowish brown silty clay loam that has pale brown mottles
12 to 44 inches—light yellowish brown silty clay loam that has yellowish brown and
light gray mottles
44 to 52 inches—variegated light brownish gray, light gray, and strong brown clay loam
52 to 60 inches—variegated light brownish gray, yellowish brown, and reddish yellow
clay loam that has pockets of sandy clay loam
Conasauga
Surface layer:
0 to 3 inches—brown silt loam
Subsurface layer:
3 to 6 inches—yellowish brown silt loam
Subsoil:
6 to 15 inches—yellowish brown silty clay loam
15 to 28 inches—light olive brown silty clay that has strong brown and yellowish red
mottles
28 to 34 inches—light olive brown silty clay that has strong brown and light gray
mottles