SWAN COASTAL PLAIN LAND RESOURCES from WESTERN AUSTRALIA HARVEY to CAPEL on the Geographe Bay I N D I a N O C E

SWAN COASTAL PLAIN, HARVEY-CAPEL DAWA LAND REOURCE MAP No. 23/2 000mE LAND RESOURCES FROM 115 45'E 390 385

115 37'30"E 380

375 33 22'30"S 000mE P6c P8 B1a P3 115 30'E 370 B4 B4

365 P9b B2 B1a B6 HARVEY TO CAPEL ON THE 360 S4a P3 P6c P6a B1c P1b F2b 357

B4 P1d WATERLOO P8 P3 P3 33 22'30"S S4a B6 P3 BUNBURY Sw B3 B3 P6a S3b P6c P8 SOUTH P9 GUIMELLI ROAD B2 B4 P1b P10 PHILLIPS DOWDELLS P1b CITY OF P3 RECREATION SWAN COASTAL PLAIN S3b Sw P3 B2 P6a Sw B1 P7 P8 ROAD BUNBURY P6a S3 Sw S2a B1 B1a B1 B2 S3b B1a DARDANUP WESTERN AUSTRALIA Sw B6 P9 CS P1a ROAD B4 P10 6305000mN S2c B2 P1b B2 P1b B1a B4 6305000mN P7a P3 SHEET 2 B1 B5 P1b ROAD B6 B2 P7a B6 B1 WESTERN P6a Qp2 B1 B1a (Includes north extension of the Busselton-Margaret River-Augusta Land Resources Survey by P.J. Tille). P8 QUELLUP P1a P6a B3b B1 ROAD P10 B1a B1c P8 B1a B3 P3 B3 P3b P9 S3b B3b B2 B6 B2 F5 B2 ROAD S3b B3 BOYANUP B1 B1 B3 B1 B2 B2 B1 B.A. Barnesby, P.D. King and M.E. Proulx-Nixon HIGHWAY S1b B1a B4 B3 B1a P1a P6a B1a B3 P1b P1a I N D I A N B3b B3 B1 CS B6 B2 Sw B2 DARDANUP P6a Natural Resources Assessment Group

B3 B1a MOORE FERGUSON B6 B2 P6a P1b B1a Department of Agriculture Western Australia B2 B1a B6 B1 B3b B6 B6 B1 S4a LILLYDALE ROAD P1c P10 B4 ROAD To accompany Land Resources Series No 15 (Land resources from Armadale to Capel) B1 B2 B1 B1 P3 P1b P8 B2 PADBURY B1 B1a B1 P6b B2 B1 B1 Legend of soil-landscape mapping units arranged in physiographic order Qd P6c B1 P1b B6 B1c B2 P9 B3 P9 B2 P6a B2 ROAD Sw

S2b ROAD The mapping units are grouped according to the geomorphic elements described by McArthur and Bettenay (1960) P1a P1b B3 B1c P3b B1 B1 P1a P1a in order of decreasing age. The distinguishing features of the mapping units are shown below. Wherever possible B1a P2 B1c Qd Sw B1 B2 PANIZZA ROAD the terminology of the Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook (McDonald et al., 1984) has been used. Sw P10a Sw GARVEY ROAD S3b B1c B2 B2 Sw P1b Some of the terms are quantified at the bottom of the legend. Sw B1 CS S3b B1c Sw P6a B6 B2 P9 B6 CROOKED P1b P1b B1 ROAD B1 B1 B2 Qd HASTIES P10a B2 B3 B3 P1b Darling Scarp: Moderately inclined to steep, incised, high relief slopes forming the Spearwood dune and sandplain system: - Gently to moderately inclined low hills and B1 P1b

S3b WEST B2 Qp2 B2 B3 B1 western edge of the Darling Plateau. Upper areas are capped with laterite and the gently undulating plain located west of the Bassendean System associated with B6 B1 P10 B2 B1 HIGHWAY DARDANUP ROAD remainder have variable soils formed from weathering of Archaean granitic and Pleistocene, Tamala Limestone. Hills consist of a core of friable aeolianite, capped S1b B5 B2 B1a P6a B1 P1b gneissic rocks. Soils are generally well drained and rock outcrops commonly occur. by secondary calcite and overlain by variable depths of well to rapidly drained B1 B3 Sw B2 B3 siliceous yellow-brown sands. The gently undulating plain is the surface expression ROAD BUSSELL B1c D1 Steeper slopes (20-30%) of scarp face with gradational red and yellow S3b P6a of the consolidated marine limestone component of the Tamala limestone. B1 B3 P1a earths and duplex soils with variable depth and common rock outcrop. O C E A N Qd P1b B6 B2 PRESTON S1 Dune ridges with well to rapidly drained: Qd B5 B2 D2 Moderately inclined slopes (10-20%) with similar soils and rock outcrop to D1. B1a B2 B3 b. Deep yellow brown sands or pale sands with yellow-brown subsoil, and P7 D3 Deeply incised tributary valleys with steep sideslopes; soils and rock outcrop slopes 5 to 15%. B3 B3 BROOK WOODS ROAD B5 P6a similar to D1. 6300000mN B1a B1a 6300000mN B2 B1c B3 c. Deep bleached grey sands with yellow-brown subsoils, and slopes S2b P6c B1 Sw JILLEY Sw B2 D4 Gently inclined crests and upper slopes with shallow uniform brownish sands 5 to 15%. B1 B1 SHIRE OF DARDANUP Sw P6c B3 P9 DILLON ROAD with ironstone gravel and very common duricrust outcrop (block laterite). B1 B1a d. Moderately deep to deep yellow-brown sands, rare limestone outcrop ROAD P10 ROAD S2b B6 SKIPPINGS P6a POAD and slopes 15 to 25% on the eastern slipface. B1 B2 S2c Ridge Hill Shelf (foothills): - Lateritized, low relief, foothills of the Darling Scarp B3 B1 P7a B1 P1a comprising fossil shoreline bench sediments, Holocene colluvium and narrow bands S2 Lower slopes (1-5%) of dune ridge with well drained: P1b B1 TWOMEY Sw P3 COKELUP P9 of alluvium. B1 P6a a. Moderately deep to deep yellow-brown sands or pale sands with yellow- P1b Sw B6 B1 F1 Gently inclined slopes (5-10%), with moderately well to well drained: brown subsoils, and minor limestone outcrop. B3 B1 B1a S2c B1 P6a b. moderately deep to deep, gravelly acidic yellow duplex soils and rare b. Shallow to moderately deep yellow-brown sands and common limestone Sw B1c B3 ROAD B2 B1 B1 S3b Sw B1 B1 P6a laterite. outcrop. B1c B1 B1 P1a B6 Sw P9

Qp2 B1 B1 ROAD c. deep uniform yellowish brown sand, generally laterite and gravel free. c. Deep bleached grey sands with yellow-brown subsoils usually occuring B2 ROAD B3 B6 KILPATRICK B1a RIVER P6a P1a on the eastern edge of the Spearwood dune ridge. B1 Sw B6 B3 F2 As for F1 (b,c), but with very gently to gently inclined lower slopes (1-5%). Sw B1 B1 P6c B1 Sw ROAD B3 P6a S3 Interdunal swales and depressions with gently inclined sideslopes and deep B2 P3b B6 P1b P6a F4 Incised stream channels with poorly drained acidic yellow duplex soils and ROAD B1 well drained siliceous yellow-brown sands. B1 B6 B2 P3b P3b B1a gradational sandy brown earths. B3 COLLINS P1b ROAD Sw P1a B1 P3 P6a S3b Interdunal swales and depressions with gently inclined sideslopes, with deep S1b P3 P1a P1b B1 F5 Poorly defined stream channels on lowest slopes with soils similar to F4. B4 B1 B1a bleached white/grey sands underlain by an organic pan or peat deposit. B2 P9 ROAD Sw B1 B6 B1a BROOKDALE ROAD Bay Qp2 P3 B4 B3 P6a S4 Flat to gently undulating sandplain (including minor depressions) with: B6 B2 B1 B2 Whicher Scarp: The age of the scarp ranges from Tertiary to Pleistocene. This low B1c B3 P1b S3b B1 B3 Sw B1 P6a scarp (30 to 80 metres high) is a complex marine erosional feature that marks the a. Deep, pale and sometimes bleached, sands with yellow-brown subsoils. B2 B2 ROAD B1 B2 south eastern boundary of the Pinjarra Plain and the northern boundary of the B1 P1b b. Shallow to moderately deep yellow-brown and grey-brown sands with MINNINUP B6 B6 B3 Blackwood Plateau. B2 B1 B3 B1 B2 P6a P3 B1 minor limestone outcrop. B1 B1 B1 QUINDERUP CS (Cartis) Extremely low to very low relief footslopes with deep bleached grey P1d c. Deep, yellow-brown or dark brown sands that are seasonally inundated. B2 B2 Sw sands with some deep yellow brown sands and bleached gravelly B4 Sw B1 P10 B2 B1 sands. Drainage on the gently sloping unit is rapid. B2 B2 S5 Stony plain with extremely low ridges (relict beach ridges and shallow to S2a B3 B1 B3 P1d P1a moderately deep siliceous yellow-brown sands. BOYANUP P6a B2 GARDINER B1 B2 B1a B6 Pinjarra Plain: - Broad low relief plain west of the foothills, comprising predominantly S6 Flat stony plain with poorly drained shallow siliceous sands and large areas B6 P6a P1a Pleistocene fluvial sediments and some Holocene alluvium associated with major B1 B1 B3 of bare limestone pavement. B2 B2 P1a current drainage systems. Major soils are naturally poorly drained with many P8 B1 295 WEST B2 B3 ROAD 295 B2 P6a swamps. S3b P3 ROAD B3 B6 B2 Quindalup Dune System (coastal dunes): -Unconsolidated Holocene sand west of P1b B1 B1a B2 B1 P1 Flat to very gently undulating plain with acidic mottled yellow duplex HIGHWAY the Spearwood Dunes. The major formations are low relief complex parabolic P1a B2 (or "effective duplex"*) soils comprising: P3 B1 P1d CS dunes fronted by foredunes with moderately inclined to steep slopes. The soils are BOYANUP P1b B1 B1 P1b B2 well to rapidly drained, uniform pale calcareous sands. P3 B1 BOYANUP a. Shallow pale sand to sandy loam over clay; imperfect to poorly drained MANGLES B4 P1d and generally not susceptible to salinity. Qf1 Foredune/blowout complex (semi erosional) with very low relief ridge and P9 B1 B3 P1a b. Moderately deep pale sand to sandy loam over clay: imperfectly drained swale topography and deep calcareous sands. S2a P4 P1b Sw WEST and moderately susceptible to salinity in limited areas. P1a ROAD Qf2 Relict foredunes and gently undulating beach ridge plain with deep P8 P1b calcareous sands. P3 c. Deep pale brown to yellowish sand to sandy loam over clay: imperfectly Qp2 P5a P3 drained and moderately susceptible to salinity in limited areas. P9 B2 Sw ROAD Qp Flat to very gently undulating plain with variably leached calcareous sand V6 Geographe P1a ROAD P9 d. As for P1a, but moderately susceptible to salinity. generally overlying a calcrete horizon at 60-90cm depth. S1c Sw P3b JOSHUA Sw P5 P1e e. Shallow pale sand to sandy loam over very gravelly clay; Qp1 Complex of nested low relief parabolic dunes with moderate to steep slopes S4b P1b and deep calcareous sands with variable depth of darkening in the surface Sw P9 P6a 33 30'S moderately well drained. ROAD P3b PRESTON horizon. Sw P1b P3b P1a

S2a RAILWAY P1b Sw P2 Flat to very gently undulating plain with alkaline mottled yellow duplex soils B2 REILLY P3 P1b SOUTH Qp2 Long walled discrete parabolic dunes with similar slopes and soils to Qp1. V7 P10 ROAD which generally consist of shallow pale sand to sandy loam over clay. 33 30'S S2a P4 CREEK B4 Sw P8 Qp3 Subdued parabolic dunes on the eastern margins of the dune system. P1a P5 P3b Sw P3 Flat to very gently undulating plain with deep, imperfect to poorly drained V7 V6 P1a P1b acidic yellow, grey or brown gradational earths and mottled yellow duplex P5 Qd Small gently undulating plains (deflation basins) enclosed by parabolic dunes P6a soils, with loam to clay loam surface horizons. P1b P1a with moderately deep to deep calcareous sands over limestone. V10 P4 P3 Qf2 S2a V6 Sw P1b P3b Flat to gently undulating plain with deep moderate to imperfectly drained Qd1 Flat to very gently undulating erosional floor of blowout or sandsheet with V7 P1a P8 alkaline gradational or duplex soils with loam to clay loam surfaces. B1 medium to coarse sand or calcrete pavement; seasonally waterlogged. P9 Sw Qf1 P7 B1 P1b P1a Gwindinup P4 Poorly drained flats, sometimes with gilgai microrelief and with moderately Sw P5 B6 Qb Actively eroding, poorly vegetated, blowout with rim and bowl (parabolic) P4 P3 CS V6 P1a B1a ROAD deep to deep black, olive grey and some yellowish brown cracking clays and morphology with deep calcareous sands. Sw BUSSELL CLARKE less commonly non-cracking friable clays with generally acidic subsoils.

Qf2 WESTERN P6a B1 Sw S2a P1a P2 HURST Sw P1b P1a P4a Sandy margins of the plain adjacent to dune systems where soils have a Vasse estuarine and lagoonal deposits: - Low lying poorly drained terraces, flats and Q5 Qv S2a P4

ELGIN very shallow grey sand veneer over deep, black or grey cracking clays. P1b P1a beach ridges fringing the Peel-Harvey Estuarine System, coastal lakes and river Qwy Qwy P1b B1 P7 mouths. Soils are extremely variable, being formed on Holocene unconsolidated P7 P7b P5 Poorly drained flats, commonly with gilgai microrelief and with deep black, S3 estuarine alluvium and lagoonal deposits. They are often highly saline and may be 290 P6a S2b 290 grey to olive brown cracking clays with alkaline subsoils. P7 B1 subject to periodic inundation. P7a ROAD Qw B2 LOWRIE P5a P5 clay with a veneer of grey sand. P6a P1a B1 Sw V1 Saline tidal flats with grey, black and brown foetid muds and humic sandy B3 Peppermint B1 P1a P6a Very gently undulating alluvial terraces contiguous with the plain, with clays with locally common shell and limestone fragments.

BRILLIANT P5 B1 P2 moderately well to well drained soils. These are associated with major Grove Lv B1 V2 Samphire covered sand and mud flats marginally higher than V1 with deep B1 B1 P8 P1b current river systems, and have acidic red and yellow duplex soils, less S4a Beach B2 Sw commonly gradational red and yellow earths. alkaline sands and clayey sands. Lw P3 ROAD Qwy P6a P7b P6b Very gently undulating alluvial terraces and low rises contiguous with the V3 Sand flats similar to V2, but marginally higher and commonly supporting B1a stands of Melaleuca spp. B2 P8 P1b plain, with moderately well to well drained soils. These are associated with P7 P7a P3 ROAD ROAD S4b NORMAN prior stream deposits upon the plain, and have uniform brownish sands. Lwr BELL P7 ROAD V4 Low level storm beach ridges and terraces with minor limestone outcrop. P1a B1 Soils are deep, alkaline, black sandy loams overlying unconsolidated shell B1a B3 P1a P6c Very gently undulating, alluvial terraces and fans with uniform friable brown P7 loams, or well structured gradational brown earths; soils are moderate to beds or clayey marl. P6b B1 CS B1 Sw ROAD P8

P1a HIGHWAY moderately well drained. P6c V5 High level sandy terrace and gently undulating beach ridges with shallow to B2 moderately deep grey siliceous sand overlying soft shelly limestone or shell Av P1a P8 P7 Seasonally inundated swamps and depressions with very poorly drained P6a SHIRE OF CAPEL variable acidic mottled yellow and gley duplex soils. beds. P7b B2 B1a B2 Sw V6 High level sandy terrace and gently undulating beach ridges with deep grey B2 GAVINS ROAD P7a As for P7 but alkaline. B1a B1a ROAD or bleached pale brown siliceous sands overlying soft shelly limestone. Q5 GAVINS P7 Qw B1a B2 B6 P7b Seasonally inundated depressions or seepage areas near the base of the Qw B3 B2 V7 Very broad shallow depression with deep, poorly drained, fine textured RIVER foothills with very poorly drained deep bleached siliceous sands. B1 alkaline estuarine alluvium. L B6 B2 B1 B2 CS P8 Broad poorly drained flats and poorly defined stream channels with CAPEL B1 V8 Flat poorly drained plains forming the margins of the estuarine deposits AF B3 B1 moderately deep to deep sands over mottled clays; acidic or less commonly B1 alkaline gley and yellow duplex soils to uniform bleached or pale brown which border and partially overlie the Pinjarra plain. Variable, moderately B1 B2 deep to deep saline soils. Commonly these are mottled yellow duplex soils NORTH sands over clay. ELGIN P1a B1 over calcareous sediments or prior soils of the Pinjarra Plain. P9 Shallowly incised stream channels or minor creeks and rivers with deep V9 Areas of former swamps which have been artificially drained, with uniform Q Qwy Adw acidic mottled yellow duplex soils. Lwr loamy or peaty soils. Lwg B1 Adw P9b Generally shallow incised stream channels of minor creeks and rivers with P1a deep alkaline mottled yellow duplex soils. V10 Highest level terrace associated with the western margins of Lake Clifton Qw JAMIESON and Lake Preston with shallow calcareous black sandy loam overlying B2 P9 limestone. Ad2 P10 Gently undulating to flat terraces adjacent to major rivers, but below the 285 Sw 285 general level of the plain, with deep well drained uniform brownish sands or loams subject to periodic flooding. Sw B1 Mapping units found in the north extension of the Busselton-Margaret River- NORTH B1c ROAD P6b B6 P10a Flat terraces adjacent to major rivers with deep black cracking clays with Augusta Land Resources Survey. alkaline subsoils; soils similar to P5. Sw Ad2 (Abba Deep Sandy Dunes): Gently sloping low dunes and rises (0-5% gradients) B1 P11b Flat to gently undulating plain with very poor to poorly drained soils with Sw P1b with deep bleached sands. P6c P6a a sandy topsoil. Alkaline yellow duplex soils, with calcareous subsoils. Thin CAPEL Sw B2 layer of Bassendean sand over a calcareous clay. Adw (Abba Deep Sandy Wet Flats): Poorly drained depressions (mainly in swales). B5 P10P10 ROAD P8 AF (Abba Very Fertile Flats) Well drained flats with deep red brown sands, loams Sw Sw B3 P12 Gently inclined lunettes with deep yellow sands fringing the western side P1b P6a P6a HUTTON and light clays (i.e. Marybrook soils). Sw of Benger Swamp on the Pinjarra Plain. GOODWOOD CAPEL P13 Very gently undulating alluvial plain (1-3%) with shallow to moderately Av (Abba Vales): Small narrow depressions along drainage lines. Alluvial soils. Sw B5 ROAD P1a Sw P1b B1 P6c deep black to greyish sand over unrelated mottled clay. L (Ludlow Flats): Flats and very low dunes. Deep yellow brown siliceous sands P5 P8 P6a over limestone (i.e. Spearwood Sands). B1c P8 Sw

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ROAD Bassendean dune and sandplain system: - Pleistocene sand dunes with very low P1b Lv (Ludlow Vales): Narrow floodplains in small depressions along creeks and rivers. P3 relief, leached grey siliceous sand intervening sandy and clayey swamps and gently Sandy alluvial soils. Sw B1a undulating plains. These occur immediately west of, and partly overlie, the Pinjarra Plain. Topography becomes more subdued from west to east. Lw (Ludlow Wet Flats): Flats with poor subsoil drainage in winter. Deep yellow HIGHWAY brown siliceous sands over limestone (i.e. Spearwood Sands). B1 P1b B1 Extremely low to very low relief dunes, undulating sandplain and discrete Sw B1 sand rises with deep bleached grey sands sometimes with a pale yellow B Lwg (Ludlow Wet Clayey Flats): Poorly drained flats with heavy clayey (Cokelup)

Sw TUTUNUP B6 horizon or a weak iron-organic hardpan at depths generally greater than two soils. Some areas saline in summer. P7 ROAD metres; banksia dominant. B1 Sw Sw ROAD Lwr (Ludlow Wet Rocky Flats): Flats with high winter watertables and shallow P8 DONNYBROOK B2 B1 Sw B1a As for B1, but with a more intensely coloured yellow B horizon occurring brown and yellow sands over limestone (i.e. Shallow Spearwood Sands). B3 Sw P6c Sw PLANTATIONB1 P6a within 1 metre of the surface; marri and jarrah dominant (red gum rises). Limestone often present on surface. B1 Sw B3 B3

LUDLOW Sw B1 B1a B2 B1c Very low relief dunes of undulating sand plain with deep bleached grey sandy Q (Quindalup Flats): Flats and low rises with deep pale calcareous sand. This B3 P6a P8 ROAD ROAD Sw B2 A2 horizons and pale yellow B horizons. unit also includes a narrow strip of Qb (Quindalup Beach); Beach and CS ROAD foredunes of calcareous sand, along the Geographe Bay coastline. B3 B1 B1 B2 Flat to very gently undulating sandplain and broad very low rises with B1 Q5 (Quindalup Dunes): Steep dunes (with gradient mainly around 20%) of P9 moderately well to well drained deep bleached grey sands with a pale calcareous sands. P1b B1a yellow B horizon or a weak iron organic hardpan at one to two metres. P8 B1 280 280 Qv P1a ROAD SHIRE OF B3 Closed depressions and poorly defined stream channels with moderately (Quindalup Vales): Narrow depressions along drainage lines. Sandy soils. P10 BUSSELL B2 deep, poorly to very poorly drained bleached sands with an iron-organic pan, P9 B3 RIVER P6a or clay at generally less than one metre depth; surface horizons are dark Qw (Quindalup Wet Flats): Poorly drained flats around the edge of the Vasse P3 Estuary. Dark calcareous sands and mixed estuarine deposits. B1 P1a grey sand or sandy loam. P6b CLOVERDALE Sw P1d B3b Broad depression and narrow swales between sand ridges with moderately Qwy (Quindalup Very Wet Saline Flats): Vasse, Wonnerup and Broadwater Estuaries. Low lying depressions which are often underwater in winter P1a DONNYBROOK - BALINGUP deep to deep, poor to very poorly drained grey and brown sands, with an P9 and saline in summer. P1b Sw iron-organic (or siliceous) hardpan at generally less than one metre. B2 ROAD P9 33 37'30"S B1 P1b B4 Broad poorly drained sandplain with deep grey siliceous sands or bleached P7 bleached sands, underlain at depths generally greater than 1.5 metres by 33 37'30"S clay or less frequently a strong iron-organic pan. B1 P6a CS B5 Shallowly incised stream channels of minor creeks and rivers with soils P1b DONNYBROOK P1b B2 B2 P5 ROAD similar to B4 (and B6). P6a Sw P7 B6 Sandplain (and broad extremely low rises) similar to B4 with imperfectly

CLOVERDALE CS CS drained soils.

TUTUNUP P6a SCOTT P1a CS Qualification of descriptive terms P6a P1a P1b * effective duplex - soils with similar land qualities that have a deep soil over a buried clay. P1b Acid/alkaline refers to the soil reaction trends described by Northcote, (1979). P6a WONNERUP P1b Slope Relief Soil depth Abundance classes Level < 1% Extremely low < 9 m Shallow < 50 cm Very few < 2% SHIRE OF BUSSELTON ROAD Very gently inclined 1-3% Very low 9-30 m Moderately deep 50-100 cm Few 2-10%

ROAD P6a Gently inclined 3-10% Low 30-90 m Deep > 100 cm Common 10-20%

CAPEL Moderately inclined 10-20% High 90-300 m Many 20-50% Sw Moderately steep 20-32% Very high > 300 m Abundant 50-90% TEALE Very abundant > 90%

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ROAD * CAPEL Index to map sheets and adjoining surveys ROAD Associated land resource studies and cited references CS Bettenay, E., McArthur, W.M. and Hingston, F.J. (1960). 'The soil

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