Quitman County GaArchives History .....Soil Survey of Quitman County from "The Quitman Echo" ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donna Eldridge DonnaEldrid@aol.com July 15, 2004, 7:33 pm SOIL SURVEY OF QUITMAN COUNTY Quitman County is in the southwestern part of Georgia. The Chattahoochee River forms its western boundary. The southern boundary is approximately 60 miles north of the Florida State line. Georgetown, the county seat, is approximately 45 miles south of Columbus, Georgia. The county is irregular in outline but is roughly rectangular. The greatest dimensions are 14 miles from east to west and 16 miles from north to south. It is one of the smallest counties in Georgia. It has a total area of 171 square miles, or 109,440 acres. The surface relief varies from smooth and almost level to rolling and even badly broken and eroded. The largest more level areas are in the extreme southern part of the county, particularly along the Fort Gaines Road. The greater part of the county is rolling or hilly. Some interstream areas, generally on the tops of the broader uneroded divides, are gently rolling or fairly smooth. Throughout the county, erosion has been pronounced and is still active. Many deep, wide gullies have been formed. Some of the largest are 5 miles northest of Georgetown. The broken belt of country extending from 1 1/2 miles north of Georgetown to the Stewart County line and varying in width from three-forths miles to three miles constitutes the most hilly and roughest part of the county. In the southern part, are numerous flat depressions and ponds, most of which are filled with water through part or all of the year. The greatest elevation in the county is on the divide between the Chattahoochee River and Hodchodkee and Pataula Creeks. At Wire Bridge the elevation is 360.3 feet above seal level. From this point northeastward the elevation increases to the Stewart County line, where it is about 500 feet above sea level. The elevation at Morris in the southeastern part of the county along Holanna creek is 249.1 feet. At Georgetown, in the western part of the county, the elevation is 212 feet. The general trend of the slops in the county is to the south and southeast. Underlying the soils of Quitman County are the Midway and Vicksburg formations. The greater part of the county is underlain by the Midway formation, the southeastern corner is underlain by the Vicksburg formation. The Midway formation consists of sands, clays, marls, and flinty limestones. The Vicksburg formation consists of white, flinty, and siliceous limestone, sand and clay. "The Quitman Echo - Quitman County, Georgia" - Jacquelyn Shepard (pages 7-8) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/history/other/gms56soilsurv.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb