United States In cooperation with Department of University of Georgia, Agriculture College of Agricultural and Soil Survey of Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Fulton County, Stations Natural Georgia Resources Conservation Service i 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. ii National Cooperative Soil Survey 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. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Stations. The survey is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District. Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 2003. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 2003. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 2003. The most current official data are available on the Internet at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/. 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. Nondiscrimination Statement The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (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. iii Contents How To Use This Soil Survey.......................................................................................i Foreword .................................................................................................................... vii General Nature of the Survey Area ............................................................................. 1 Settlement and Population....................................................................................... 1 Physiography, Relief, and Drainage......................................................................... 2 Transportation and Communication ......................................................................... 3 Water Resources ..................................................................................................... 3 Vegetation ................................................................................................................ 3 Industry .................................................................................................................... 4 Agriculture................................................................................................................ 4 Land use .................................................................................................................. 5 Climate ..................................................................................................................... 5 How This Survey Was Made ........................................................................................ 6 Detailed Soil Map Units ............................................................................................. 9 AaA—Altavista sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded ........................ 10 AaB—Altavista sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes ................................................ 11 AaC—Altavista sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes ............................................. 12 AgB—Appling-Hard Labor complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes ................................... 12 AgC—Appling-Hard Labor complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes ................................. 14 ArE—Ashlar-Rion complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes, stony .................................... 15 BaA—Buncombe loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded ......... 17 CaA—Cartecay-Toccoa complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded .... 17 CeB2—Cecil sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded ................... 19 CeC2—Cecil sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded................. 20 CpA—Congaree sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded........... 21 CrA—Congaree-Cartecay complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded............................................................................................................. 22 DAM—Dam ............................................................................................................ 23 EnC—Enon-Wynott complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, bouldery ........................... 23 GaC—Grover-Mountain Park complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes, stony .................. 25 GaE—Grover-Mountain Park complex, 10 to 20 percent slopes, stony ................ 26 GaF—Grover-Mountain Park complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes, stony ................ 28 HbB—Hiwassee sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes ............................................. 30 HbC—Hiwassee sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes ........................................... 30 LaD2—Lloyd-Gwinnett complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes, moderately eroded ...... 31 MdB2—Madison-Bethlehem complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded ............................................................................................................. 32 MdC2—Madison-Bethlehem complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded ............................................................................................................. 34 PaB2—Pacolet sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded ............... 35 PaD2—Pacolet sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, moderately eroded ........... 36 PaE2—Pacolet sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, moderately eroded ........... 37 PgC2—Pacolet-Saw complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded, bouldery .......................................................................................................... 38 Pt—Pits, quarry...................................................................................................... 39 iv ReD—Rion sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes ................................................. 39 ReE—Rion sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes.................................................. 40 RoE—Rion-Louisburg complex, 10 to 20 percent slopes, bouldery ...................... 41 RoF—Rion-Louisburg complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes, bouldery ...................... 42 Ua—Udorthents, 0 to 10 percent slopes ............................................................... 44 Ub—Urban land ..................................................................................................... 44 UcC—Urban land-Altavista complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes................................ 44 UdC—Urban land-Appling-Hard Labor complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes.............. 45 UeE—Urban land-Ashlar-Rion complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes, stony .............. 47 UfC2—Urban land-Cecil complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded .... 48 UgC—Urban land-Grover-Mountain Park complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes, stony ................................................................................................................ 49 UgE—Urban land-Grover-Mountain Park complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes, stony ................................................................................................................ 50 UmC2—Urban land-Madison-Bethlehem complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded .......................................................................................... 52 UpC2—Urban land-Pacolet-Saw complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded, bouldery ............................................................................................