Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

62 Soil Survey
Capshaw, Conasauga, and Docena soils, which are in the slightly lower landscape
positions
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Land use: Pasture, woodland, and hayland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Poorly suited
Suitability to hay: Moderately suited
Suitability to pasture: Moderately suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion
Use and Management
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, shrink-swell
potential, and slope
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Slope and slow water movement
Land capability classification: 4E
Interpretive Group
EuC—Enders-Urban land complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Hills in urban areas
Landform position: Summits, backslopes, and footslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping or strongly sloping
Composition
Enders soils—about 60 percent
Urban land soils—about 40 percent
Typical Profile
Enders
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