Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 83
Junaluska
Surface layer:
0 to 5 inches—brown loam
Typical Profile
Subsoil:
5 to 16 inches—strong brown channery silty clay loam
16 to 29 inches—yellowish red channery silty clay loam
Underlying material:
29 to 60 inches—multicolored, rippable phyllite and metasandstone bedrock bedded at
angles up to 30 degrees
Tsali
Surface layer:
0 to 4 inches—strong brown channery loam
Subsoil:
4 to 14 inches—yellowish red clay loam
Underlying material:
14 to 60 inches—multicolored, rippable, interbedded phyllite and metasandstone
bedrock bedded at angles up to 60 degrees
Soil Properties and Qualities
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Available water capacity: Junaluska—low; Tsali—very low
Root zone: Junaluska—moderately deep; Tsali—shallow
Minor Components
Cataska and Lily soils, which are in similar landform positions
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Areas of rock outcrops
Use and Management
Land use: Woodland
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Unsuited
Suitability to pasture: Poorly suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion and depth to bedrock
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate to low
Preferred trees to plant: Eastern white pine and shortleaf pine
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, and content of rock fragments
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slope, low strength, and slow water movement
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, content of gravel, and slope