Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 65
11 to 24 inches—red gravelly silty clay
24 to 60 inches—red gravelly silty clay that has strong brown mottles
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, and Waynesboro soils, which are in similar landform
positions
Soils that have a chert fragment content of more than 35 percent on the surface and
throughout the profile
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Pasture, woodland, hayland, and cropland
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
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: Slope, shrink-swell potential, low strength, and slow water movement
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Content of gravel and slope
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 4E
FtE—Fullerton gravelly silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes
Landform: Hills and ridges
Landform position: Backslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Moderately steep
Setting
Typical Profile
Surface layer:
0 to 3 inches—dark yellowish brown gravelly silt loam