Setting

Landform position: Loess covered terraces

Surface layer:

0 to 3 inches-grayish brown silt loam with redoximorphic features

Subsurface layer:

3 to 15 inches-gray silt loam with redoximorphic features

Subsoil:

15 to 23 inches-reddish brown and gray silty clay with redoximorphic features

23 to 28 inches-light brownish gray silty clay loam with redoximorphic features

28 to 40 inches-light brownish gray silt loam and light gray silt with redoximorphic features

40 to 57 inches-grayish brown silt loam and light gray silt with redoximorphic features

57 to 70 inches-light brownish gray silty clay loam and light gray silt with redoximorphic features

70 to 80 inches-gray silty clay loam with redoximorphic features

• Calhoun soils

• Calloway soils

• Grenada soils

• Grubbs soils

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

Depth class: Very deep

Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained

Permeability: Very slow

Available water capacity: Moderate

Depth to seasonal high water table: 1 foot to 2 feet

Shrink-swell potential: Moderate

Hazard of flooding: None

Surface runoff: Low to medium

Soil reaction: Strongly acid or moderately acid in the surface and subsurface layers, except where limed or affected by irrigation water; very strongly acid to moderately acid in the upper part of the subsoil; very strongly acid to moderately alkaline in the lower part of the subsoil

Parent material: Loess

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

Land capability subclass: IIw

Suitability: Well suited

Adapted crops: Rice, soybeans, winter small grains, and grain sorghum

Management concerns:

• Seasonal wetness

Management measures:

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

Suitability: Well suited

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

Management concerns:

• Seasonal wetness

Management measures:

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

Woodland ordination symbol: 8W

Suitability: Moderately suited

Adapted species: Sweetgum, willow oak, loblolly pine, and water oak

Management concerns:

• Seasonal wetness restricts equipment use

• Moderate seedling mortality

• Moderate 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

Corrective measures:

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