Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 61
Suitability to pasture: Well suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, low strength, content of rock fragments,
stickiness, and high plasticity index
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slow water movement, low strength, and shrink-swell
potential
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Slope and slow water movement
Land capability classification: 2E
Interpretive Group
EnD—Enders silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Hills
Landform position: Summits and backslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Strongly 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, Montevallo, Nauvoo, and Townley soils, which are in similar landform
positions