Setting

Landform position: Terraces

Foley and similar soils: 60 percent

Bonn and similar soils: 30 percent

Minor soils: 10 percent

Surface layer:

0 to 4 inches-dark grayish brown silt loam with redoximorphic features

Subsurface layer:

4 to 9 inches-light brownish gray silt loam with redoximorphic features

9 to 20 inches-gray silt loam with redoximorphic features

Subsoil:

20 to 26 inches-gray silt loam and light gray silt with redoximorphic features

26 to 52 inches-gray silty clay loam and light gray silt with redoximorphic features

52 to 67 inches-gray silt loam with redoximorphic features

67 to 80 inches-light brownish gray with redoximorphic features

Surface layer:

0 to 5 inches-grayish brown silt loam

Subsurface layer:

5 to 9 inches-light brownish gray silt loam with redoximorphic features

9 to 15 inches-light gray silt loam and gray silty clay loam with redoximorphic features

Subsoil:

15 to 23 inches-gray silty clay loam and light gray silt loam with redoximorphic features

23 to 46 inches-grayish brown silty clay loam with redoximorphic features

46 to 55 inches-light brownish gray silty clay loam with redoximorphic features

55 to 72 inches-light brownish gray silt loam with redoximorphic features

Depth class: Very deep

Drainage class: Poorly drained

Permeability: Very slow

Available water capacity: Moderate

Depth to seasonal high water table: 0 to 1 foot

Shrink-swell potential: Moderate

Hazard of flooding: None

Surface runoff: Low to medium

Soil reaction: Foley-very strongly acid to moderately acid in the surface layer, very strongly acid to neutral in the subsurface layers, strongly acid to strongly alkaline in the upper part of the subsoil, slightly acid to strongly alkaline in the lower part of the subsoil; Bonn-strongly acid to neutral in the surface layer, strongly acid to moderately alkaline in the subsurface layers, moderately acid to strongly alkaline in the upper part of the subsoil, slightly alkaline to strongly alkaline in the lower part of the subsoil

Parent material: Loamy material high in exchangeable sodium

• Amagon soils

• Calhoun soils

• Lafe soils

• Overcup soils

• Small depressional areas subject to flooding and/or ponding for long durations

Major Uses: Most areas are cultivated; a few areas are in woodland

Land capability subclass: Foley-IIIW; Bonn-IVS

Suitability: Foley-moderately suited; Bonn-poorly suited

Adapted crops: Rice, soybeans, and grain sorghum

Management concerns:

• Wetness

• Excessive surface water

• Bonn-high sodium content near the surface

• Bonn-droughtiness

Management measures:

• See Use and Management of the Soils, Crops and Pasture Section

Suitability: Moderately suited

Adapted plants: Common bermudagrass, improved bermudagrass, and tall fescue

Management concerns:

• Seasonal wetness

• Bonn-droughtiness and high sodium content near the surface

Management measures:

• See Use and Management of the Soils, Crops and Pasture Section

Woodland ordination symbol: Foley-6W; Bonn-3T

Suitability: Foley-moderately suited; Bonn-poorly suited

Adapted species: Foley-cherrybark oak, sweetgum, and water oak; Bonn-eastern redcedar, post oak, and water oak

Management concerns:

• Seasonal wetness restricts equipment use

• Seedling mortality

• Windthrow hazard

Management measures:

• See Use and Management of the Soils, Woodland Management and Productivity Section

Limitation rating: Severe

Limitations:

• Wetness

Corrective measures:

• See Use and Management of the Soils, Engineering, Building Site Development Section

Limitation rating: Severe

Limitations:

• Wetness

Corrective measures:

• See Use and Management of the Soils, Engineering, Building Site Development Section

Limitation rating: Severe

Limitations:

• Wetness

• Very slow permeability

Corrective measures:

• See Use and Management of the Soils, Engineering, Sanitary Facilities Section

Limitation rating: Severe

Limitations:

• Low strength

• Wetness

Corrective measures:

• See Use and Management of the Soils, Engineering, Building Site Development Section