Draft EIS – August 2007 Appendix F-Soils 

APPENDIX F—SOILS 

SOILS WITHIN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI BLM-ADMINISTERED NONU.S. FOREST SERVICE FEDERAL MINERAL OWNERSHIP 

Tables F-1 and F-2 provide erosion potential and prime farmland information for areas in Alabama and 

Mississippi BLM-administered non-U.S. Forest Service Federal Mineral Ownership (non-USFS FMO) 

that are considered high potential for either oil and gas or coal exploration and development. Data are 

available in spatial format. 

Table F-1. Soils Descriptions for Areas Within Alabama Non-USFS FMO 

County Soil Description Erosion 

Potential 1 

Prime 

Farmland 1 

Baldwin Coastal beaches None No 

Baldwin Leon sand Slight No 

Baldwin St. Lucie–Leon–Muck complex Slight No 

Cherokee Allen fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Cherokee Hartsells fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Cherokee Hartsells fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes Moderate No 

Cherokee Hartsells-rock outcrop association, steep Very Severe No 

Cherokee Hector-Hartsells-rock outcrop complex, 2 to 10 percent 

slopes (Gorgas-Hartsells-rock outcrop) Moderate No 

Cherokee Linker fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes Slight to Moderate No 

Cherokee Toccoa soils Slight No 

DeKalb Crossville rocky loam, rolling Unavailable No 

DeKalb Hartsells fine sandy loam, eroded, rolling Moderate No 

DeKalb Hartsells fine sandy loam, eroded, rolling, shallow Moderate No 

DeKalb Hartsells fine sandy loam, eroded, undulating Slight to Moderate Yes 

DeKalb Hartsells fine sandy loam, eroded, undulating, shallow Slight to Moderate No 

DeKalb Hartsells fine sandy loam, rolling, shallow Moderate No 

DeKalb Muskingum stony fine sandy loam, hilly Very Severe No 

DeKalb Muskingum stony fine sandy loam, rolling Very Severe No 

DeKalb Philo loam Slight Yes 

DeKalb Rockland, sandstone, rolling Very Severe No 

DeKalb Rockland, sandstone, steep Very Severe No 

Fayette Barfield-Rock outcrop complex, steep Very Severe No 

Fayette Gorgas-rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Fayette Hanceville fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Severe No 

Fayette Hanceville-Urban land complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes Slight to Moderate No 

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Appendix F-Soils Draft EIS – August 2007 

County Soil Description Erosion 

Potential 1 

Prime 

Farmland 1 

Fayette Holston-urban land complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes Unavailable No 

Fayette Nauvoo and Nectar fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Fayette Nauvoo-Urban land complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes Unavailable No 

Fayette Sunlight-Sipsey complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Fayette Sunlight-Townley complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Jefferson Docena complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes Slight No 

Jefferson Hanceville fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Severe No 

Jefferson Hanceville-urban land complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes Slight to Moderate No 

Jefferson Montevallo-Nauvoo association, steep Very Severe No 

Jefferson Nauvoo fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Unavailable No 

Jefferson Palmerdale complex, steep Unavailable No 

Jefferson Sullivan-state complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes Slight Yes 

Jefferson Townley-Nauvoo complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes Severe No 

Mobile Pactolus loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes Moderate No 

Shelby Allen loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Shelby Allen loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes Moderate No 

Shelby Allen-Quitman-urban land complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes Slight to Moderate No 

Shelby Choccolocco loam, occasionally flooded Slight Yes 

Shelby Choccolocco-Sterrett association, frequently flooded Slight No 

Shelby Decatur silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Shelby Decatur silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes Moderate No 

Shelby Etowah silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes Moderate No 

Shelby Minvale-Fullerton complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes Severe No 

Shelby Nauvoo-Sunlight complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes Severe No 

Shelby Nella-Mountainburg association, steep Very Severe No 

Shelby Quitman loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Shelby Sterrett silt loam Slight No 

Shelby Townley silt loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Shelby Townley silt loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes Severe No 

Shelby Townley-Sunlight complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Shelby Tupelo loam, frequently flooded Unavailable No 

Tuscaloosa Adaton silt loam Slight No 

Tuscaloosa Augusta-Amy complex, frequently flooded Slight No 

Tuscaloosa Bama fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Slight Yes 

Tuscaloosa Bama fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Tuscaloosa Boswell loam, 4 to 10 percent slopes Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Choccolocco silt loam Slight Yes 

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County Soil Description Erosion 

Potential 1 

Prime 

Farmland 1 

Tuscaloosa Ellisville silt loam, frequently flooded Slight No 

Tuscaloosa Falkner silt loam Slight Yes 

Tuscaloosa Iuka-Mantachie complex, frequently flooded Slight No 

Tuscaloosa Luverne-Smithdale complex, 4 to 10 percent slopes Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Montevallo-Nauvoo association, steep Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Montevallo-Nauvoo complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Nauvoo fine sandy loam, 4 to 10 percent slopes Moderate No 

Tuscaloosa Palmerdale very gravelly loam, 6 to 45 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Palmerdale very shaly loam, 6 to 45 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Ruston fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Slight Yes 

Tuscaloosa Ruston fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight Yes 

Tuscaloosa Shatta silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Slight Yes 

Tuscaloosa Shatta silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Tuscaloosa Smithdale association, hilly Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Smithdale fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Smithdale fine sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Smithdale-Flomaton complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Smithdale-Luverne association, hilly Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Smithdale-Luverne complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Tuscaloosa Smithdale-Pikeville association, hilly Very Severe No 

Walker 

Brilliant and Palmerdale extremely channery loams, 6 to 60 

percent slopes 

Very Severe No 

Walker Hanceville fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Severe No 

Walker Izagora-Annemaine association, moderately undulating Unavailable No 

Walker Montevallo channery silt loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Walker Nauvoo and Nectar fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes Slight to Moderate Yes 

Walker Nauvoo and Sipsey soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes Severe No 

Walker Nauvoo-Townley complex, 4 to 20 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Walker Sipsey-Bankhead complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Walker Spadra-Whitwell complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, 

occasionally flooded Unavailable Yes 

Walker Sunlight-Sipsey complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Walker Sunlight-Townley complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes Very Severe No 

Walker Townley silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Moderate No 

Walker Townley silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes Very Severe No 

1 Erosion potential and prime farmland classification data collected from NRCS Soil Data Mart 

(http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/). 

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Table F-2. Soils Descriptions for Areas Within Mississippi Non-USFS FMO 

County Soil Description Erosion 

Potential 1 

Prime 

Farmland 

Forrest Bassfield fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Low to Moderate Yes 

Forrest Benndale fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes Low to Moderate Yes 

Forrest Benndale fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes Low to Moderate Yes 

Forrest Cahaba sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Moderate Yes 

Forrest Malbis loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes Moderate Yes 

Forrest McGauran loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes Low Yes 

Forrest Poarch fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes Low to Moderate Yes 

Forrest Poarch fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes Low to Moderate Yes 

Forrest Prentiss loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Moderate Yes 

Forrest Prentiss loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes Moderate Yes 

Forrest Bassfield urban land complex, occasionally flooded Unavailable No 

Forrest Benndale fine sandy loam, 8 to 12 percent slopes Low to Moderate No 

Forrest Bibb silt loam Moderate No 

Forrest Bibb and Jena soils, frequently flooded Moderate No 

Forrest Cadeville variant silt loam, 15 to 60 percent slopes Moderate to High No 

Forrest Faulkner-Susquehanna urban land complex, 2 to 5 

percent slopes 

Moderate No 

Forrest Heidel sandy loam, 12 to 30 percent slopes Low to Moderate No 

Forrest Jena-Nugent association, frequently flooded Low No 

Forrest McLaurin loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes Low No 

Forrest McLaurin-Benndale association, rolling Moderate No 

Forrest Pamlico-Dorovan association Low No 

Forrest Petal-Susquehanna-Benndale association, rolling Moderate No 

Forrest Pits Moderate No 

Forrest Poarch-Saucier association, undulating Moderate No 

Forrest Prentiss urban land complex Moderate No 

Forrest Susquehanna silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes Moderate No 

Forrest Troup loamy fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes Low No 

1 Erosion potential was estimated based on K factors (susceptibility of a soil to sheet and rill erosion by water) provided by the 

NRCS. Erosion hazard estimation as provided for Alabama were not available for Mississippi. 

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