Dt
Fe
Dt Dt
Si Si
Ls
Ls Ls
Ls Ls Fe Ls
Fe
Fe Ls Ls
Ls C
C
C Fe
Fe Ls
Ls
Ls
Ls Ls Ls
Fe Fe Fe
Fe
Fe
Ls Ls
Ls Ls
Si Si
Dt Fe
Si Si
Si
Si
Si
Si Fe
Fe
Fe
Fe Fe
C
Fe Si
Ls Ls
Ls
Ls
Ls
Ls Ls
C C C
C C
C
Ls
Ls
C C C Si
Dt
Dt Dt
Dt Dt Dt
Dt
C C
C
Ls
Ls Ls
GULLY RED ROAD
BR AN
D
HIG HW
AY ESFYN
ROAD
Moore River
National Park
WANNAMAL
ROAD WEST
AURISCH ROAD
BRAND
HIGHW AY BEERMULLAH
ROAD WEST
NINE
MILE
SW AM
P
RO AD
DREW ROAD
FERGUSON
ROAD GINGIN
BROOK ROAD
GINGIN
BROOK
ROAD
SANDRINGHAM ROAD BEATTIE
ROAD
TANGLETOE RO
AD
BOOTINE
ROAD
PIN PIN
PINPIN ROAD
ROAD
8+9
alluvial clay layers may occur within the profile.
Brown, yellow and bleached sands 200cm+.
N.D. Flat sandy benches adjacent
Gingin Brook 0-5%
to Moore River
29x 27x
Dark grey to olive grey shallow pedal soils and dark grey cracking clays
Grey-brown to yellowish brown shallow to moderately deep duplex soils and
N.D.
Sandy benches adjacent to 50-150cm
Low benches on the alluvial plain 0-1%
Poorly drained flats and low sandy rises adjacent to drainage lines 0-2%
33x
30x Brown mottled and whole coloured duplex soils overlying siliceous or ferruginous Grey to grey-brown shallow to moderately deep duplex soils overlying
limestone and bleached to coloured siliceous sands over mottled clays,
50-200cm
Alluvial plain 0-1%
0-100cm
N.D. Low benches surrounding lakes 0-3%
0-100cm
benches 0-2%
Very dark grey to brown shallow duplex soils overlying siliceous or ferruginous
Grey to black shallow calcareous loams to silty clays and pedal duplex soils 10-60cm
10-60cm
Depressions and flats, alluvial plain
Flats associated with drainage lines and seeps
36x 34x
Duplex soils, cracking clays, coloured and bleached siliceous sands,
gleyed mottled clays and moderately deep yellow-brown to gley mottled duplex
0-200cm 100-200cm+
50-200cm
Banks and channel benches on Mungala and Gingin Brooks 0-5%
Sandy benches adjacent to Gingin Brook 0-5%
Gingin Scarp footslopes 1-5%
29x 27x 26x
33x 30x 31x 32x
36x 34x 14
SOIL TYPES OF THE WEST GINGIN AREA
Alluvial complexes
6 000mN 000mN
000mN
000mN 000mN
500mE 000mE 000mE
6
6 6
6
570 6570
565 565
560 560
555 555
550 550
545 545
540 540
535 535
532 532
000mE000mE375375
373373 380380 385385 390390 393393
31°15'S
31°15'S 31°7'30"S
31°7'30"S 31°S
31°S 115°45'E
115°45'E
115°52'30"E
115°52'30"E 500mN
500mE
WEST GINGIN AREA
DAWA LAND RESOURCE MAP N0. 18/2
32x 26x
28x
31x
Grey-brown to brown solodic soils overlying bog iron ore or siliceous pan,
Alluvial plain flats
H.J. Smolinski and G.G.H. Scholz Natural Resources Assessment Group
Agriculture Western Australia Sheet 2 of 2
Ls
C Fe Dt
Limestone outcrop or marl Clay
Bog iron ore or ferruginous gravel Diatomaceous deposit
Note
Siliceous pan
N
SiC
1997Scale 1:50,000 Perth
Western Australia
Location diagram
Areal scale
200 ha in units of 25 ha
Bibliographic reference
Acknowledgements
base supplied by the Department of Land Administration. Map prepared by D.G. Chalmers and P.M. Goulding, Agriculture Western Australia.
Reference Projection:
Source data:
Aerial photography:
Use of map
Universal Transverse Mercator Field survey and interpretation of aerial photography
survey Area of
Lake or seasonal swamp Cadastral road boundary Surveyed cadastral boundary Unsurveyed cadastral boundary Soil unit boundary
River or watercourse it maybe static or seasonally perched.
Survey boundary
Job no. 850042, 1:20,000, March 1986,
This map is designed for use at the published scale. Technical queries should be directed to the Natural Resources Assessment Group, Agriculture Western Australia.
AMG84, UTM zone 50 Grid:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Agriculture
Colour legend
Coarse-textured soils formed in aeolian and/or colluvial sediments
Coloured sand Bleached sand
1 2 3 4 2+3 3+4 4+5
5 6 7 8 9 5+6 6+7 7+8 7+9 8+9 Coarse-textured soils formed in
10 11 14 35x
26x 27x 28x 29x
30x 31x 32x 33x Coarse to fine-textured soils formed
15 16 34x 36x
Land not mapped in this survey 1
2
3
4
5
6
7 8
9
10
N.D.
N.D.
N.D.
N.D.
N.D.
N.D.
100-200cm
50-120cm
100-200cm
Ridge crests and upper slopes 2-8%
Ridge crests and upper slopes 2-8%
2-8%
2-5%
2-5%
Mid and upper slopes
Mid and lower slopes
Mid and lower slopes
Lower slopes and flat areas 0-3%
Flat areas adjacent to swamps 0-1%
180cm+
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10
11 Ba, Be
2+3 3+4 4+5 5+6 6+7 7+8 7+9
Two dominant soils > 40/40%
11 Light grey sand over pale brown to yellow sand to 150cm over pale sand 160-240cm
Map unit Description S.W.T.
LEGEND 1 Map unit description
Map unit
Pale brown to light grey sand to 90cm over brownish yellow weak clayey
Grey sand to light grey sand over dark iron-organic pan over pale sand
Reddish brown to brown loamy sand to 100cm+, becoming pale sand with
dune crests 2-10%
Mid and lower slopes or low
lines 0-1%
Level terraces
Flat areas adjacent to drainage Lower slopes and flat areas 0-3%
Inclusions < 20%
Co1 Da
Sp
Ka
Ba Na
Be
Ga
Wa
Da Sp Ka
Sp Ka Da
Ka1 Sp
Ba Ba Ba
Be
Ga Wa, Re U
Wa
Sp, Ka
Na Be
Ba, Na Be
Ba, Be Na
Major component soil series
35x
14 Re
15 Mj
16 Yellow-brown and brown clayey coarse sand. >500cm Gingin Scarp footslopes 1-5%
Be, Na Ba, U
Re
Bp, Sp Ro, Sp, Co
28x Je
Ct, Wh Be
15 Mj
16
Soil series
Co1
Ba Battordal Be Beonaddy
Da Dardak
Bb Boobabbie Bg
Br Bree
Bm Bidaminna Bo Bookine
Ap Alp
Cd Collard
Ct Collett Cp
Ka Karrakatta Ga Garbanup Ed Edwards
Bulgarra
Bu Burgh
Kk Karakin
Na Nabaroo Ne Neergabby
Sp Spearwood
Re Regan
Waterville Wa
Ka1
U Unassigned clays Gc Glencoe Je Jerlack
Pp Pin Pin Gu Gulli
Wh White Bp Bedamanup
Kn Koorian Mj Minjil
Ro Ha S.W.T. is the depth to the groundwater table or zone of saturation;
Smolinski, H.J. and Scholz, G.G.H. (1997). "Soils of the West Gingin area".
(Scale 1:50,000 2 map sheets) Land Resource Map No. 18/2.
To accompany Smolinski, H.J. and Scholz, G.G.H. (1997). "Soil assessment of the West Gingin area", Land Resources Series No. 15.
Soil survey by H.J. Smolinski and G.G.H. Scholz, Natural Resources Assessment Group, Agriculture Western Australia. Digital cadastre Kd Kadjelup
Harris Cooper
Co Cowalla shallow B horizon Cowalla moderately deep B horizon Co2 Cowalla deep B horizon
Mb Millbank Mu Moorakine
Roe
Wa, Co2, U Be, U, Gu, Bp
Kn Ka, Co, Co1
Ap Gc, Ha
Ap, Mu, Ro
Wh, Sp Gc, Ct
Gu, Ct Cp, Cd
Co, Cp
Bp Ka, Co, Ha, Be, Ba
Co2, Ba Co1, Co2
Co2 Co, Co1
Co1 Ka1, Co
Ka1, Da
Soil associations
U, Ga, Re Co2
Co1 Co
Ka, Co Co, Ka Co, Co2 Co1, Na Co2, Na
LEGEND 2 Map unit characteristics
Cd Bp Ct Cd Gu Wh Pp Je Gc Ap Kn Co
Co2
Landform and slope
Red to yellowish red weak clayey sand 150cm+ or over limestone.
Brown weak clayey sand becoming yellow brown with depth 200cm+.
Associated with limestone, pH - neutral.
Yellowish brown to brownish yellow weak clayey sand 200cm+,
Pale brown sand to 50cm over brownish yellow weak clayey sand 200cm+,
Light grey sand 90-150cm over pale yellow to yellow sand,
Humic dark grey sand to 50cm over grey sand to 120cm over whole
Brownish yellow weak clayey sand 200cm+, red to brown mottled
Mid-slopes to flats adjacent to low sandy depth, pH - acid to neutral.
pH - predominantly alkaline.
overlying limestone or marl, pH - alkaline.
pan, A horizons commonly hardsetting, pH - neutral to alkaline.
pH - acid to alkaline.
Index to map sheets and adjoining surveys
Co1
200cm+, gleyed clayey layers may be present at depth, pH - acid to neutral.
over gleyed mottled coarse sandy clay to 200cm+, pH - acid.
overlying limestone or marl. A horizons predominantly hardsetting, pH - alkaline.
pH - predominantly neutral.
pH - neutral to alkaline.
soils, pH - predominantly neutral.
Associated with limestone outcrops, pH - neutral.
pH - neutral.
pH - neutral.
Light grey sand 200cm+, pH - acid to neutral.
pH - acid to neutral.
U
Ap, Ct, Mr Pp
Bp, Be, Na, U
35x Co1, Co2, Ba, Sp, Bp Be
Cd, Ba, Be, Gu Bo, Sp, Wh, Bp
Karrakatta-1 N.D.= watertable depth not determined.
colour Medium to fine-textured soils formed
Medium to fine-textured soils formed
Inclusions < 20%
floodplain alluvium (and associated dunes of reworked material) 4
5+6
5+6
6+7
6+7
6+7 6+7
6+7
6+7 6+7
6+7
6+7
6+7 6+7
6+7
6+7 6+7
6+7 6+7
6+7
6+7
6+7 6+7
7
7 7
7
7
7
7
7
7 7
7 7
7 7 7
7 7
7
7 7
7 7
7
7 7
7
7 7
7
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
2
2 2
2
2 2
2 16
16
2
2 2
2
2
2 2
2
2
2
2 2
2 2
2 2 2
2 2 2
2
16
16 16
16 7+9
7+9 7+9
7+9
9
9 9
9 9
9
9 9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9 9
9 9
9 9
9 9
9 9
9
9 9
9
2
2
2 5+6
5+6
5+6
5+6
5+6 5+6
5+6
5+6
5+6
5+6 3+4
3+4
3+4
3+4 3+4
5+6
5
3
3
3
6+7 4
9
9
9
9 4+5 4+5
6
6
6
6
6
5
6
4
2+3
2+3 2+3
2+3
4+5
2+3 2+3
6+7 5+6
5+6 2+3
2+3
2
3
2
4 4+5
2+3
2+3 5
C
2
6
6
9
9
2+3 10
14
14 11
3
2
3+4
7 5
3 2
6+7
9 2
9 2 6+7
6
2
7
6
2
6+7
6+7
2 2+3
5+6
7 3
3 9 1
9
7 7 2
2 6+7
2+3
6+7
9 9
9
7+9
7+9 32x
32x
32x
29x 26x
28x 26x
26x
26x
26x
26x
26x
34x 28x
28x
28x 26x 26x
32x 26x
28x 33x
32x
31x 30x
30x
30x 32x 30x
30x 32x 32x
29x
33x
33x 33x
30x
27x 30x
33x 33x
33x
33x
27x
27x
27x
29x
26x
32x
29x
31x
32x
34x 31x
31x
34x 32x
7 7
32x 36x
36x
32x
26x
7
2
3 7
7
7 2 7
8+9 8+9
7+9
8+9
8+9
30x
27x
30x 27x
30x 14
7+9 7
9 6+7
6+7
9 6+7
5+6
5 5+6
2 2
9
7
7+9
31x
9
6+7 7
7 32x
4
2
2
2 9
29x
9
36x
36x 36x
6+7
7 C
2+3
9
9
3+4
6+7 32x 32x
35x 35x
35x
35x 35x
35x
15
15
2
9
Major soils
bleached siliceous sands overlying hardpan or gleyed clays,
Red and brown mottled duplex soils, overlying limestone, pH - alkaline.
Dark brown humic medium to coarse sand to coarse sandy loam to 140cm occur at depth, pH - acid to neutral.
coloured or mottled grey brown sand or clay. Limestone or hardpan may pH - slightly acid to neutral.
sand 200cm, pH - slightly acid to neutral.
Mung ala
Brook
Gingin
Brook
Gingin
Brook Gingin
Brook
South Culcadarra
Lake
Lake Lake
White Beermullah
Moore
River
Big Bootine
Swamp Broo
k Whitfie
ld
15 36x
36x
BR AN D
HIGHWAY
33x
2 2
Yellowish brown weak clayey medium to coarse sand to 100cm+ or overlying pan, pH - predominantly neutral.
36x
GINGIN Guilderton
Seabird Lancelin
Ledge Point
BR AN
D
HIG HW AY
Red Gully Road La
nce lin
Roa d
Gingin
Brook Road Beermullah
Road West
Wannamal Road West Cow
alla
Road Sappers Road
Orange
Springs Road
Sheet 2 Sheet 1
I N D I A N
O C E A N
Karakin Lakes
Gingin
Brook Bidaminna
Lake
Beermullah Lake Moore
Rive r
Mungala
Brook Moore
River North Coastal Plain Survey
(Schoknecht, in prep.)
Gnangara Mound N.W. Corridor Survey
(McArthur, 1979) Groundwater Resources (McArthur, 1986) Landforms and Soils
of the Darling System (Churchward and
McArthur, 1978)
Dandaragan Survey (Griffin, in prep.)
in lacustrine/alluvial sediments with calcareous substrate
in lacustrine/alluvial sediments with siliceous/ferruginous pans
in recent alluvium and/or colluvium
0 1 2 3
1000m 4 5km
100cm+
