SOIL LANDSCAPE MAP NYNGAN SHEET SERIES SH/55-15 Western Bedrock Province 500000 510000 520000 530000 540000 550000 560000 570000 580000 590000 600000 610000 620000 630000 640000 Riverine Province 0 0

0 0 Marra Creek - Castlereagh Carrabear - Gular Mt Foster 0 BDb BDb CMb 0 0 BDms MMfa CMm CMc CEm 0 Colluvial and alluvial sediments from sandstones east of the Castlereagh River 7 MMm BDb Macquarie CEm CRb CRb CCm 7

C Recent alluvial sediments of the Castlereagh River less than 5000 years old Crests and upper slopes on monzonite 5 WLusl BDm CCb CCm MCm 5 6 BDc BDl BDm Marsh Reserve CMb 6 - 15000 to 150000 years old CMb CMb a BDb MZhcr BDm BDl s CMm t MMb l Meander Plains Meander Plains Ridges and upper slopes - in situ e BDb MMb CCb Brown Chromosols and Vertosols - widespread sodic areas MMf CMb CEb CEb r MCm Grey and Brown Chromosols CGm MZhcr Shallow Red Chromosols CRb CCm e BDc BDb CMb CMc CMb CRm BDl BDl CEm CRm a MCb CCb CCc BDb CEb g WLhcr CRc CCm BDm BUm MMfa h Backplains Backplains Low hills BDl CEm BDc MMf CRc Grey Vertosols CGb Sodic Brown and Grey Vertosols Shallow Red Chromosols BDl CRb MCb MZlow CMm CRc BDl MMf C BDl BDl CCb BDb CRm a BDb BUb CMc CRm s CMb CEm t CCb Marra Creek - Collie Carrabear - Combara BDl l Woodlands BDb BDm BDb CCm e Ridges and upper slopes of the outcropping Girilambone Beds to the BDc BDb MMf CRb r 0 CEm e CCm 0 Recent alluvial sediments of the Marthaguy Creek less than 5000 years old Alluvial sediments of the Castlereagh River - 15000 to 150000 years old north west of Nyngan 0 WLhcr BDc CMb MFm CEb CRb CRm MCb CCb 0 0 BDb CEm a 0 0 BDb CRm g 0

6 BUb 6 CRm 5 SVshf Murrawombie CCb h CCb 5 6 BUm CRm 6 Meander Plains Meander Plains Ridges and upper slopes - in situ CRCb BDm BUm BUm CMm CCb CGb CEm CRb i MFm Grey-Brown Chromosols - highly variable CCm Red and Brown Kandosols and Chromosols WLhcr Lithosols, Red Kandosols and Red Chromosols BDl BUb CMb v BDc BDb BUm e CCb MMfa r BDb CRb CRb BUc BUc Colluvial upper slopes SVlsl BDb MMb CEd Combara Backplains BDb CRb CCb Brown and Grey Vertosols - sodic sub-soils common Red Kandosols and Red Chromosols BDb CMb Marra Creek - Macquarie WLusl CEm CEm BDm MMf CMm CEd CCc Recent alluvial sediments of the Macquarie River less than 5000 years old BUc CMm CRm CEb CRc CCm Channels Colluvial lower slopes and fans BDb BDl CMm CRb BDl CRm Brown Chromosols - variable Brown Chromosols and Vertosols MMfa CRb CCc WLlsl MBf CEb CRm CRm Meander Plains - broad BDb MMm BDc BUm CMm CRm CRm MMm Grey and Brown Dermosols MFm CRm MBm BDb CRb BDb CMm CRm 0 CEm 0

0 CEm 0 Carrabear - Merri Summervale 0 BDb BDb 0 Meander Plains - narrow Colluvial slopes and plains and flow lines associated with the 0 CMm CRb 0 5 CRm 5 Grey and Brown Dermosols - sodic areas common Alluvial sediments of the Castlereagh River - 15000 to 150000 years old 5 5 MMm2 Girilambone Beds to the north west of Nyngan MMf D 6 BDb 6 BDb CRm BDc MMb CMd CEb U WLusl BDm CMm B BDl BUb CEm B CGm Backplains Meander Plains BDm MMfa O Colluvial lower slopes and fans WLhcr CEm Brown and Grey Vertosols Brown Chromosols and Vertosols - widespread sodic areas Red and Brown Chromosols, Red Kandosols and Sodosols CRm MMb CRm SVlsl CMb CEm CRm T CEm CEb O MCb CRb C BDl BDb BUa Mount Foster MMb Floodbasins - abandoned Backplains Sheet flood fan SVgpl Gradagery CEm O MZhcr CMm CRm O Grey and Black Vertosols Sodic Brown and Grey Vertosols SVshf Brown and Red Chromosols BDc CGb MMfa CRb BDb BDm CMa N CRm MCm CMm A MFm M WLlsl BDc CRb Floodbasins Channels Alluvial plain - gilgai CMm CEm B BUb CRb L Grey and Black Vertosols Brown Vertosols MMf CRc Sodosols and sodic Grey Vertosols SVgpl E MCb MMm BUm CEb MCb

0 BDm MMf CEm CRm CRm 0

0 MCm 0

0 CRm 0 Flowlines and channels 0 0

4 CEb 4 BDl BDm Brown Chromosols 5 BDl CMm CMm CEm CRb 5 Marra Creek - Bogan Carrabear - Eastern SVdde 6 SVshf CRm 6 BDl BDb BDb MMf CEb CRm CRb Recent alluvial sediments of the less than 5000 years old Alluvial sediments of the Castlereagh River - 15000 to 150000 years old BUm CEm MMb CEm CRm BDl MZhcr CRb BDb CGb Whitbarrow WLusl BUb BUm H Meander Plains i Meander Plains - broad and elevated CEm g Red Chromosols and Brown Dermosols Red and Brown Kandosols and Chromosols Secondary alluvial system associated with Whitbarrow Creek. CEb CRm h MBm CEm

r CEb SVlsl CEb w

e MMfa

WLhcr BDl a v i CMm CEm CEm CEm y Floodplains Meander Plains - narrow and incised

Old alluvial plain MMb CRm R CRm CRm MBf Grey and Brown Vertosols CEm2 Red and Brown Kandosols and Chromosols WBsta Red Kandosols and Red Chromosols BUm BUm CMb CRm n BUb CMa BDl MMb a CEm CRm CRm Gulargambone MCb g MMb CRm BDl BUm MMm CEb Backplains Alluvial plain o CEm

0 BUa CRm 0

B Brown and Grey Vertosols - sodic sub-soils common WBalp Red Kandosols and Red Dermosols 0 MBf CEb 0 Bugwah - Downstream CEb 0 BDl CRb 0 0 BUm BUb 0 3 MMb CEb CRm 3 Alluvial sediments of the Macquarie River - 5000 to 15000 years old 5 BUb M CEm2 CEm2 5 6 a CEm 6 Channels Flowlines and channels c CEm BUb q CRm CRm Brown Chromosols - variable WBdde Brown Chromosols BUm u CEm CEc BUa CEm2 Meander Plains BUb a CEm CRm MCb BDl r CEc CRb BUb BUc ie MMf Pine Clump BDm Red Sodosols and Brown and Grey Vertosols - variable R Depressions BDl CEm CRm CRm MCm iv CEd Grey Vertosols e CEm2 CEm2 CRm CEd Pangee BUm BUm r CEm2 CEb CRm Scalded Meander Plains SVdde CEm CEm BUm Alluvial fan, plains and channels of the Pangee Creek MMf MMb CRm CEc BDms Red Sodosols CMm CRm Aeolian Deposits MMf R CEd Bullagreen CRm A CEa Brown Orthic Tenosols BUm I BUm CEa L SVlsl MBf BUb CEm2 CEb Crevasse Splays Plain CMb CEm2 CRc W CEm BDl Grey-Brown Vertosols Sandy Tenosols and Kandosols CRm A PFpla WLlsl CEd CEm CEm CRb Y 0 0

0 CEm2 0 Carrabear - Macquarie 0 CEd CEm 0 Backplains Old alluvial plain 0 BUb BUm CRc 0

2 Armatree 2 WLusl BUm Alluvial sediments of the Macquarie River - 15000 to 150000 years old Red Chromosols and Red Kandosols 5 CRm 5 BDb Grey-Brown and Black Vertosols PFsta 6 CMb CRm 6 CMb BUb CEm2 CEm2 CEm2 CEb CEc CEm2 Channels Meander Plains Alluvial fan CEb CRm MBf CEm2 Brown Vertosols Red and Brown Kandosols and Chromosols PFalf Brown Dermosols and Red Chromosols WLhcr CMm BDc CMm CEb CEm2 BUc CEd CEm2 BUb CEm2 CRm BUm CRm CRm CEm2 CEa CEb CEb CEm Backplains Alluvial plain BUm BUb WLhcr CMb CEd Brown and Grey Vertosols - sodic sub-soils common Brown Dermosols and Red Chromosols BUm BUm Bugwah - Upstream CMb PFalp MBf CWb CEb CEd CEm2 CRb SVlsl BUm CMc CEm2 CEm Alluvial sediments of the Macquarie River - 5000 to 15000 years old CEd CEm2 Channels Flow lines and channels MMf BUb CEm2 CWm CEm2 CEm2 CEm2 Brown Chromosols - variable PFdde Brown Dermosols CWm CEb CMc CWc CEd CEm Meander Plains CWm CEm2 0 WLhcr BUm CEb 0 Red Chromosols and Brown and Grey Vertosols - some sodic areas 0 CRm 0 BUm CMb CEm2 CEb 0 CEm2 CEd 0 Depressions 0 BUb CEm2 0 1 BUm CMb 1 Grey Vertosols 5 BUm CEm2 CEm 5 CMd Mulla Cowal 6 CEb 6 Backplains WLhcr BUm BUc BUc CMm CEb CEb WBdde BUb Grey-Brown and Black Vertosols Alluvial plain between Bogan and Western Carrabear BUm CEm2 CEm2 Aeolian Deposits Ba CWc BUb rrier NYNGAN CEm2 CEm Hig BUm BUb CEb CMa Brown Orthic Tenosols hway CEd Alluvial plain B BUm CMb CEb Channels WBalp CWm e CEm Brown Vertosols le CEm2 BUc MUalp Brown Vertosols, Red Chromosols and Brown Dermosols BUb r CEm2 WBsta CWm in BUb CEb CEm2 g CMb CMb CEm2 CWb a CEm CWm r BUm CEb CEm2 Carrabear - Western CWm C BUb CEd CEa CEm Aeolian Deposits MBm M re CEd M i e CMc CEd BUa Red Orthic Tenosols Alluvial sediments of the Macquarie River - 15000 to 150000 years old Warramoonga CWc A tc k MMf BUc CEm2 CWc IN h BUb CMa e CMm CEm2 Rocky hills and upper slopes of the Girilambone Beds southern section PFalf ll CMc CEm2 of the Nyngan map sheet. CMc CMm CEm Meander Plains

0 WBdde 0 BUc CMb Red and Brown Kandosols and Chromosols 0 BUb CMc CEm2 CEd 0 Bugwah - Southern CWm

0 BUb 0 Ridges and upper slopes - in situ 0 MBf BUm CMa 0 0 CWb MMm2 CMc CEm 0 Alluvial sediments of the Macquarie River - 5000 to 15000 years old Lithosols, Red Kandosols and Red Chromosols 5 CWb CMc CMa CEm CEb 5 WAhcr 6 BUc CEb 6 Backplains CWb BUm BUb CEb CWm CMb CWb Brown and Grey Vertosols - sodic sub-soils common BUb CEb CEm2 Meander Plains Colluvial upper slopes BUm CEb CEm CWb CMb BSm Red Sodosols and Brown and Grey Vertosols - variable WAusl Brown Chromosols and Vertosols CWm BUm MFm Highway MBf BUb CEm Oxley Channels CWb BUm CEmCMc Collie MFm BUm CMb Brown Chromosols - variable CMc CMm KKdun CWc PFalf CWm CWc CEm Backplains Valley flat CWm CEb CEm BAusl BUb CMm CEm KKsta Red Kandosols and Red Chromosols BUb BUm CEm CEm CEa KKlsl BSb Grey-Brown and Black Vertosols - sodic areas common WAvlf Mullengudgery CMb CEm BAhcr KKhcr Depressions CWc CWm MMb CEm CEm BAlsl CWd Grey Vertosols MBm BUb CEm BUb BUm WARREN CMb CWm CEa CWc CWb BUb CEa CWm W CMc CEc Mt Surprise CWd E KKhcr KKusl S CEb KKdde KKsta 0 T BUc CEb 0 Rises and colluvial slopes of the Girilambone Beds near Mt Surprise 0 E CMm CEm 0

0 R KKlsl 0 N CMm CEm BAusl 0 CWc TFb CMc 0 9 CWb CEb 9 Alluvial sediments of the Macquarie River system - 150000 to 1.6 million years old 4 CWc 4

6 MMb CMb CEb 6 Ridges and upper slopes - in situ CWc BUc CWc BUb Red Kandosols and Brown Chromosols PFalp MMm2 KKdun MShcr H CWc CWb CEd CEd KKlsl Meander Plains PFalp CWb ig TFm CEm CWc BFflo KKdun CWb h Red Chromosols PFdde w CWb BUb KKhcr TFm CWm CWm a CWb BFalp KKdun Colluvial upper slopes y BAlsl BUm CMb CEd MSlsl Red Dermosols MMm CEd BFalf CMb KKhcr Backplains CWm TFb MMb MUalp BFalp BFalp TFb Grey to Brown Vertosols BFflo Valley flat CWb CMc CMm KKalf CWm CWb BFalp MSvlf Grey and Brown Vertosols CWb CEb R BUm BFalp BAusl Channels A BUm Grey to Brown Vertosols - widespread gilgai BSm ILW TFm KKusl KKhcr TFc A BFgpl CWc CWc CWm Y BFalp 0 CWm CMb BAhcr 0 0 MMb CMb KKdun 0

Booralee 0 0 PFsta CWm CWb CWc KKhcr 0 PFpla CWb KKdun 0 8 MBf CWm 8 Crests and upper slopes on Booralee Granite 4 TFb 4

6 CWd 6 CWb CWb CWb BFalf KKusl TFb KKsta BUm CMb CMm KKdde CWm CWb BAlsl KKdun Ridges and upper slopes - in situ NTFebvertire CWm Eastern Bedrock Province BUc BAhcr BGhcr Red Kandosols and Brown Chromosols KKhcr KKusl CWm CWb BUm CMc MBf CWc TFc KKlsl CWc KKhcr CWb TFc CMc TFb CMc KKsta MMm MMb KKusl Kickabil Cobboco TFc Bulbodney CMm KKdun BBgpl CWm CMc Residual and colluvial landscape from Cretaceous sandstone and minor shale Residual and colluvial landscape from Cretaceous shales and minor sandstones CWb TFc Colluvial slopes and alluvial plains associated with Bulbodney Creek BSb CWb MMb CMc BBalp CWb KKalf KKdun KKusl Ridges and upper slopes Ridges and upper slopes MSlsl Colluvial upper slopes BBgpu BUm KKdde Clastic Rudosols, Red Kandosols and Tenosols - sandy Clastic Rudosols and Red Kandosols 0 TFm 0 KKhcr COhcr CMm Red Kandosols and Brown Chromosols 0 0

BBusl 0 0 BGhcr CWm BUm KKusl 0 BSb CWb KKlsl 0 7 BUa CMc KKsan KKhcr 7 4 4

6 CWc TFb BUc 6 Colluvial upper slopes Colluvial upper slopes BBgpu MShcr TFc Alluvial plain BBstc Gin Gin Brown Chromosols and Brown Kandosols Brown Chromosols and Brown Sodosols MShcr BSm TFb KKusl COusl BBalp Brown Chromosols and Brown Vertosols COusl KKusl KKsan BBgpu MSvlf TFb WAusl BBgpl CWb CWb BUa TFb BUc COlsl KKsan KKdun KKusl MShcr KKsan MZlow CWd BUm Colluvial lower slopes and fans Colluvial lower slopes and fans Alluvial plain - gilgai Buddabaddah COusl KKlsl MBf KKdde KKlsl Red and Brown Chromosols and Sodosols COlsl Brown Dermosols and Brown Sodosols BBdun BSb TFb BUm BBgpl Grey and Brown Vertosols - strongly gilgaied BBgpu BUc COusl KKdun CWb CWm MMm WAhcr BBusl CWb COlsl KKdun KKusl MShcr CWb COlsl KKdun Old alluvial plain Eroding Alluvial fan Alluvial plain - gilgai CWm TFb COalf TFb COdde KKsta Dermosols and Vertosols - sodic areas common COalf Brown Dermosols and Vertosols - some sodic areas BBgpu Grey and Brown Vertosols BBflo MShcr TFm MBf TFm COlsl KKlsl TFb COusl COhcr KKdde WAvlf BBgpu BBusl Eroding alluvial fan Flowlines and channels CWb KKhcr COlsl Stream channel CWb CWm BUm BUm COdde Brown Dermosols and Vertosols - some sodic areas Red and Brown Sodosols and Chromosols 0 BBusl BUm 0 KKalf COdde Brown Chromosols 0 MBm TFb MMb 0

BBstc 0 COusl 0 CWb COhcr COlsl KKdun COusl 0 WAhcr WAvlf BBgpu BUa CWc COhcr 0

6 COhcr 6 4 4

6 6 Sand plain Floodplain and channel KKsan Sandy Tenosols over sodic clays Bundemar Fan BBflo Grey and Brown Vertosols Flowlines and channels Alluvial landscape from Cretaceous Sandstone and shale, minor basalt influence Aeolian deposits KKdde Red and Brown Chromosols and Sodosols Tenosols and Kandosols BBdun 500000 510000 520000 530000 540000 550000 560000 570000 580000 590000 600000 610000 620000 630000 640000 Splay deposits - higher terrace BFalp Red Chromosols and Brown Dermosols Aeolian materials - from Cretaceous sandstones KKdun Red Orthic Tenosols METADATA STATEMENT METADATA STATEMENT COPYRIGHT Depositional plain - alluvial fans NSW Locality This soil landscape map is based on the soil and geology The linework for these geological maps is used in this map, but an Produced by the Department of Environment and Climate Change BFalf Grey Vertosols Scientific Services Division Nyngan Province & Geoformation information contained in the following maps and reports: interpretation of the geological information based on the Berakee descriptions in the geological maps and report, general soil Depositional plain - transitional to riverine plain Armidale Hulme, P. (2003). Copyright Government " Western Bedrock Riverine Province knowledge, local soils knowledge and limited field checking is Erosional and weathering landscape of basalt flows BFgpl Grey Vertosols - gilgai common Nyngan ± Glovebox guide to the soils of the Macquarie and Bogan All Rights Reserved Broken " used to predict the soils that occur within the geological " Floodplain, Sustainable Soil Management. National Heritage Hill Trust, Macquarie 2100 boundaries. The assumption is made that as the geology map Ridges and upper slopes - in situ Floodplains and channels Mt Foster Marra Creek SCALE 1:250,000 identifies the major geomorphological features on the landscape, SOURCES BAhcr Red Dermosols and Brown Vertosols BFflo Grey Vertosols - sodic sub-soil common " This Map has been compiled from data supplied by the: McKenzie, N.J. (1992). that these can be used to provide a good approximation for the Woodlands Bugwah major soils present and of the properties of those soils. Department of Environment & Climate Change, NSW Canberra" Soils of the Lower Macquarie Valley New South Wales, CSIRO Colluvial slopes Division of Soils. Department of Primary Industries, NSW BAusl Brown Vertosols - strongly self-mulching Summervale Carrabear 0 2.5 5 10 15 20 25 Divisional Report No 117. Canberra. The technical input and assistance of the following people is © Base cadastre / topographic / orthorectified imagery data acknowledged - David Duncan and Pat Hulme from Sustainable supplied by NSW Department of Lands Lower slopes - transition to riverine plain Whitbarrow Trangie Kilometres Meakin, S., Henley, H., Pecover, S. and Watkins, J. (1996). Includes material © CNES 2006 Soil Management; John Lawrie, Neroli Brennan, Bree Agar and BAlsl Brown Vertosols - strongly self-mulching Walgett 1:250 000 Geological Sheet SH/55 - 15. First edition. reproduced under license from Spot Image, all rights reserved. Pangee Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. Alan Welch from the Central West Catchment Management Map Index 1:250,000 Authority. The support of Greg Raisin from the NSW Department Eastern Bedrock Mulla Cowal TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION Watkins, J.J. and Meakin, N.S. (1996). of Water & Energy, Jim Kellet from the Bureau of Rural Science DISCLAIMER Explanatory Notes Nyngan and Walgett 1:250 000 Geological and Allan Nicholson from the Central West Catchment Bourke Walgett Narrabri This map has been compiled from various sources and Warramoonga Kickabil Horizontal Datum: Geodetic Datum of 1994. Sheets SH/55 - 15 and SH/55 -11. Geological Survey of New Management Authority. the publisher and/or contributors accept no Numbered grid lines are 10000 metre intervals of the Map Grid Australia, Zone 55. South Wales, Sydney. responsibility for any injury, loss or damage arising Mt Surprise Berakee Map compiled by - from its use; or errors or omissions herein. Whilst all Watkins, J.J. (1996). David Duncan (1), Dr. Brian .W. Murphy (2), Alan Welch (3), Nyngan Gilgandra Nyngan 1:250 000 Geological Sheet SH/55 15. First edition. care is taken to ensure a high degree of accuracy, Andrew Wooldridge (2) & Sandy Grant (2) Booralee Cobboco Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. users are invited to notify the Manager, Soil Sciences 1. Sustainable Soil Management, Warren, NSW, 2824 Unit, Department of Environment & Climate Change, of Bulbodney Bundemar Kellett, J., Mullen, I., Mansfield, D., Spring, J. and Frost, M. (2008) 2. NSW Department of Environment & Climate Change. any map discrepancies. – Drilling, Coring and Geophysical Logging for Calibration of 3. Central West Catchment Management Authority. Airborne Electromagnetic Survey in the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra,

Date: October, 2008.