Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 87
Minor Components
Cataska, Junaluska, and Tsali soils, which are in similar landform positions
Soils that have metasandstone bedrock at a depth of more than 40 inches from the
surface
Soils that have metasandstone bedrock at a depth of less than 20 inches from the
surface
Soils that formed in alluvial sediments along drainageways
Use and Management
Land use: Woodland and pasture
Cropland, hayland, and pasture
Suitability to field crops: Unsuited
Suitability to hay: Unsuited
Suitability to pasture: Poorly suited
Management concerns: Hazard of erosion and content of gravel and large stones
Woodland
Potential productivity: Moderate
Preferred trees to plant: Shortleaf pine and white oak
Management concerns: Slope, erodibility, and content of rock fragments
Urban development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, slope, and seepage
Recreational development
Suitability: Poorly suited
Limitations: Depth to bedrock, content of gravel, and slope
Interpretive Group
Land capability classification: 6S
MnC—Minvale-Urban land complex, 2 to 15 percent
slopes
Setting
Landform: Hills and ridges in urban areas
Landform position: Summits, shoulders, backslopes, and footslopes
Flooding: None
Slope: Gently sloping or strongly sloping
Composition
Minvale soils—about 60 percent
Urban land soils—about 40 percent
Typical Profile
Minvale
Surface layer:
0 to 5 inches—dark grayish brown gravelly silt loam
Subsoil:
5 to 12 inches—yellowish brown gravelly silty clay loam
12 to 40 inches—yellowish brown gravelly silty clay loam that has pale brown mottles
40 to 60 inches—yellowish brown gravelly silty clay that has yellowish red mottles