Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

64 Soil Survey
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Available water capacity: Moderate
Root zone: Very deep
Minor Components
Dewey, Hanceville, Minvale, Waynesboro soils, which are in similar landform
positions
Wax soils, which are in the slightly lower landform positions
Soils that have a chert fragment content of more than 35 percent on the surface and
throughout the profile
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture, cropland, woodland, and hayland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Well suited
Suitability to hay: Well suited
Suitability to pasture: Well suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, and yellow-poplar
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, content of rock fragments, stickiness, and
high plasticity index
Urban development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Slow water movement, low strength, and shrink-swell potential
Recreational development
Suitability: Moderately suited
Limitations: Content of gravel and slope
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 2E
FtD—Fullerton gravelly silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes
Setting
Landform: Hills and ridges
Landform position: Summits and backslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Strongly sloping
Typical Profile
Surface layer:
0 to 3 inches—dark yellowish brown gravelly silt loam
Subsoil:
3 to 6 inches—strong brown gravelly silt loam
6 to 11 inches—yellowish red gravelly silty clay