Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

60 Soil Survey
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, content of rock fragments, and low available
water capacity
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Slope, seepage, and slow water movement
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Content of gravel and large stones and slope
Land capability classification: 7S
Interpretive Group
EnB—Enders silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Hills
Landform position: Summits, backslopes, and footslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping
Typical Profile
Surface layer:
0 to 6 inches—dark grayish brown silt loam
Subsurface layer:
6 to 10 inches—light yellowish brown silt loam that has yellowish red mottles
Subsoil:
10 to 27 inches—yellowish red clay that has red and very pale brown mottles
27 to 43 inches—reddish brown clay loam that has red and very pale brown mottles
Underlying material:
43 to 60 inches—highly weathered, dusky red sandstone and shale bedrock that
crushes to silty clay loam and clay loam
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Very slow
Available water capacity: Moderate
Root zone: Deep
Minor Components
Albertville, Conasauga, Nauvoo, and Townley soils, which are in similar landform
positions
Capshaw soils, which are in the lower landform positions
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture, woodlands, and hayland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Well suited
Suitability to hay: Well suited