Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 67
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
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: Woodland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Unsuited
Suitability to pasture: Unsuited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Loblolly pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, content of rock fragments, low available
water capacity, stickiness, and high plasticity index
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Slow water movement, low strength, shrink-swell potential, and slope
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Content of gravel and slope
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 7E
FuE—Fullerton-Urban land complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes
Landform: Hills and ridges in urban areas
Landform position: Backslopes
Setting