United States In cooperation with Department of the U.S. Forest Service, Agriculture the Mississippi Agricultural Soil Survey of and Forestry Experiment Station, and the Stone County Soil and Stone County, Water Conservation Natural District Resources Mississippi Conservation Service How To Use This Soil Survey Detailed Soil Maps The detailed soil maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the Index to Map Sheets. Note the number of the map sheet and turn to that sheet. Locate your area of interest on the map sheet. Note the map unit symbols that are in that area. Turn to the Contents, which lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described. The Contents shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. Also see the Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs. i This soil survey is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 1985. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1986. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 1985. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the United States Forest Service, and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. The survey is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Stone County Soil and Water Conservation District. Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 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Additional information about the Nation’s natural resources is available online from the Natural Resources Conservation Service at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov. ii Contents How To Use This Soil Survey ......................................................................................i Foreword .................................................................................................................... vii General Nature of the Survey Area .............................................................................. 2 Agriculture................................................................................................................ 2 History and Development ........................................................................................ 3 Mineral Resources ................................................................................................... 3 Water Resources ..................................................................................................... 3 Climate ..................................................................................................................... 3 How This Survey Was Made ........................................................................................ 4 Detailed Soil Map Units ............................................................................................. 7 1—Annemaine loam, occasionally flooded ............................................................. 8 2—Atmore loam ......................................................................................................11 3—Benndale fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes ............................................ 13 4—Benndale fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes ............................................ 16 5—Benndale fine sandy loam, rolling .................................................................... 18 6—Benndale fine sandy loam, undulating ............................................................. 20 7—Escambia fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ........................................... 22 8—Escambia fine sandy loam, undulating ............................................................ 25 9—Eustis loamy sand, 12 to 17 percent slopes .................................................... 27 10—Eustis loamy sand, undulating ....................................................................... 30 11—Harleston fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded ........................................... 32 12—Jena-Nugent complex, frequently flooded ..................................................... 35 13—Johnston and Croatan soils, frequently flooded............................................. 38 14—Latonia fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded .............................................. 40 15—Lucedale loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ............................................................ 43 16—Lucy loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes ........................................................ 44 17—Malbis fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes ............................................... 47 18—Malbis fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes ............................................... 49 19—Malbis fine sandy loam, undulating ................................................................ 51 20—McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes .......................................... 54 21—McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes .......................................... 56 22—McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes .......................................... 58 23—McLaurin fine sandy loam, undulating ........................................................... 60 24—Pits-Udorthents complex ................................................................................ 63 25—Poarch fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes .............................................. 64 26—Ruston fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes .............................................. 67 27—Ruston fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes .............................................. 69 28—Ruston fine sandy loam, undulating ............................................................... 72 29—Saucier fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes ............................................. 75 30—Saucier fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes ............................................. 78 31—Saucier fine sandy loam, undulating .............................................................. 80 32—Saucier-Susquehanna association, 2 to 8 percent slopes............................. 83 33—Smithdale fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes ....................................... 86 34—Smithdale fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes ..................................... 88 iii 35—Smithton fine sandy loam, frequently flooded ................................................ 90 36—Smithton-Harleston association, occasionally flooded .................................. 93 37—Susquehanna silt loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes ............................................... 96 38—Susquehanna silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes ............................................. 98 39—Susquehanna silt loam, undulating .............................................................. 101 40—Troup loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes ..................................................... 103 Prime Farmland ...................................................................................................... 107 Use and Management of the Soils........................................................................ 109 Interpretive Ratings ............................................................................................. 109 Rating Class Terms ......................................................................................... 109 Numerical Ratings ........................................................................................... 109 Crops and Pasture ................................................................................................110 Yields per Acre ................................................................................................. 111 Land Capability Classification .......................................................................... 111 Forestland Management and Productivity ............................................................112