Research Library Land Resources Series 1992 Land resources map in the southern section of the Peel-Harvey catchment, swan coastal plain, Western Australia Dennis van Gool Bev Kipling Follow this and additional works at: http://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/land_res Part of the Agriculture Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, and the Soil Science Commons Recommended Citation van Gool, D, and Kipling, B. (1992), Land resources map in the southern section of the Peel-Harvey catchment, swan coastal plain, Western Australia. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia. Map. This map is brought to you for free and open access by Research Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in Land Resources Series by an authorized administrator of Research Library. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. 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B3 V10 V1 S6 B3 B3 S2b 3070 1 B3 2790 1503 B3 B6 B3 B1 Sw Sw Qd1 Sw 3 2 703 S2c ROAD S4a S5 9 S1c 10 S4b 4 Sw Qp S3 4608 S4a 3028 Sw 3 S1b Qb Qd1 2167 1 V1 Qp2 Closed Road 380000 mE 9 B1 7 1 3300 B2 419 10 3 B3 13 12 18 B4 16 Sw 15 B1 19 3204 14 3204 17 115°45'00" B3 B2 Sw 158 B3 B4 611 37 34 Closed Road RD NEWMAN P3 208 4156 A RO BR OO K STATE FOREST No. 14 (Water catchment area) D 4731 176 4 F5 191 185 D1 67 F4 69 268 F4 P3 B2 715 1 1288 P1b 18 P1d 1288 27 172 3526 1 188 P1d EKUP F2b 1 5 21 359 22 390000 73 1 12 18 P3 3 4 115°52'30" Harvey 1528 2260 275 F1b 63 6 7 D1 D1 251 HARVEY F4 227 P6c 59 Harvey to Capel (unpublished) 2093 1037 Peel-Harvey catchment administrative boundary (for the coastal plain) N D1 D2 D3 D2 400000 HARVEY DAM HARVEY WEIR Water Res. D2 D3 D2 Wells, M.R. and King, P.D. (1989). Land capability assessment methodology for rural-residential development and associated agricultural land uses. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. Land Resources Series No. 1. Wells, M.R., Richards, N. and Clarke Al (1986). Jandakot groundwater scheme area - a study of land resources and planning considerations Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. Technical report 48 Map sheet boundary 6340000 262 D3 Wells, M.R. (1989). Land capability study of the Shires of Mandurah and Murray. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. Land Resources Series No. 2. Land resource survey boundaries D5 3048 D3 Study area 3923 D3 1 Water Reserve F2b 2 30 36 3524 151 109 ROAD F4 5068 Oma, V.P.M., (1981). Coastal Land Resources Mapping. Unpublished mapping, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia 372 8 ROAD 2 5068 McDonald, R.C., Isbell, R.F., Speight, J.G., Walker, J. and Hopkins, M.S. (1984). ’Australian soil and land survey field handbook’. Inkata Press, Melbourne. 3162 2521 HONEYMOON Mc Arthur, W.M., and Bettenay, E. (1960). The development and distribution of the soils of the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. C.S.I.R.O. Soil Publication No. 16. van Gool, D. (1990). Land resources in the northern section of the Peel-Harvey catchment, Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia (Map and Land Capability table only) D1 265 F1b WESTERN AUSTRALIA 4753 King P.D. and Wells, M.R. (1990). Darling Range rural land capability study, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Land Resources Series No. 3 Northcote, K.H. (1979). 'A factual key for the recognition of Australian soils'. Fourth Edition, Rellim Technical Publications, Glenside, South Australia. D3 D3 F2b 6 ROAD 20 26 25 24 23 3120 64 11 16 17 18 P6c Waroona 4753 2 F4 230 4 KORIJ 716 1275 1 554 P10 3 2 5 P3 269 167 4 3530 F4 168 1 1 37 F1b 268 47 D3 F2b 198 189 169 3526 1 65 187 171 19 1 40 10 Peel-Harvey South 70 F2c 173 Associated land resource studies and cited references Bettenay, E., McArthur, W.M. and Hingston, F.J. (1960). ’The soil associations of part of the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia’. C.S.I.R.O. Soils and Land Use Series No. 35. 553 F2b 190 Mandurah-Murray Churchward, H.M. and McArthur, W.M. (1979). Landforms and soils of the Darling Region of Western Australia. In 'Atlas of natural resources of the Darling Region of Western Australia'. Department of Conservation and Environment. (Government Printer: Perth). 66 D3 186 219 3528 Published Scale: 1:50,000 Pinjarra 997 D3 F1b 157 174 The mapping units have generalised soil and landform characteristics which are relevant to land use planning. They are also a base for land capability assessment. An example is the method described by Wells and King (1989). State Forest No. 15 717 716 170 3300 Peel Inlet 68 2 26 3297 4000 717 F1b F3 P3 154 156 2 3000 STATE FOREST No. 15 1320 3201 F2b 177 46 3527 3526 359 5 25 2000 1320 2503 D3 P1e 192 184 Use: 4731 F4 F2b 183 178 1 30 20 Digital Cadastral Base supplied by the Department of Land Administration. Cadastral scale: 1:50,000 Generated: 1988 4729 1 180 153 2 1399 P3 149 155 35 194 179 152 3207 2503 73 151 150 41 1986 1986 1986 1991 STATE FOREST No. 14 2729 615 F4 193 140 1000 Any reduction in the scale of the published map may result in inaccuracies D3 F1b 0 1:50000 3208 141 140 F2c 148 P6c 3527 715 19 48 Res. 1 4202 B3 653 2 3109 5061 B2 653 419 4145 B1 653 419 419 MYALUP P3 Road B6 5 3300 714 5 B3 ROAD 20 673 S3 P4 B1 P1b 6 11 Sw 2166 V1 ROAD Re 62 68 Sw 43 5 714 1027 58 45 44 211 211 5060 2 B6 B6 Sw 8 33 P1d 142 21 LA EL ns Co 3028 S2a 3 B6 Sw 1 2 B6 STRY FORE 1 V4 4748 B6 S4a Qp Sw 139 32 s. . 59 978 S1c 49 57 RDB2 P1b 21 W B6 Myalup Pine Plantation S1b 672 OLD V2 B6 Sw 5 Qp1 6340000 mN P1d 22 B1a B2 1 705 Sw STATE FOREST No. 16 Closed Road Qp Qp3 Sw 0 S4a V4 V2 V6 Qp Qd1 S4b V4 Qp2 Qp3 B2 B3 B3 3068 691 147 141 38 B1 ROAD B2 B1 641 3690 S5 S6 Qp2 100 Sw Sw T V6 S4b COAS V1 Qp 1093 Water Res. S4c V1 Qb B8 4747 1146 Drainage Res. 42 B3 P1b 4728 175 Sw 4651 40 24 23 B3 3692 1000 3125 182 143 ROAD B3 4746 B2 4650 V4 Qf1 S4c S2a Sw 1075 B2 B4 S4b V4 B4 B2 1557 4730 181 138 WA 2413(C) 1:20,000 WA 2438(C) 1:20,000 WA 2466(C) 1:20,000 WA 2939(C) 1:20,000 y PRESTON 44 43 50 D3 D2 667 670 137 42 P5 B1 Sw 439 tuar 1059 2781 1074 F4 F5 P1e 670 144 135 136 Aerial Photography: Job No. 850040 Job No. 560060 Job No. 860115 Job No. 910400 Department of Agriculture W.A. Division of Resource Management Mandurah METRES s ey e 8 8 50 41 25 2399 4727 F3 146 134 B2 56 Sw 1559 689 Sw 26 181 51 51 McLARTY P2 D1 Harv B3 S4a Qp3 B3 1 132 39 B2 3029 P3 ROAD P7 Sw Sw B1 B3 25 D1 D1 139 145 40 SMITH B3 Sw B3 138 133 B3 B1a 4745 S6 S5 V4 B3 B6 3248 X V10 Qd1 S1a 7 7 B6 Sw B1 2 S2b B2 N DI LAKE Qp3 ain Qp1 B6 B1 S4c 429 Sw P1b 28 D2 1139D3 LOGUE BROOK DAM F2b P1d 181 B6 B6 27 Sw B4 Sw 181 LAKE BROCKMAN D1 26 547 F3 1 Mundijong 33°00'00" D1 14 2 691 F4 180 B3 Sw 2691 4557 ROAD P4 2 39 D2 P1d AD V1 Sw 29 30 B4 692 180 53 B2 P1b Sw Indian Ocean 4 D3 573 B3 B6 Sw B1 3029 1 B2 Peel-Harvey North Rockingham Note: The map has a cadastral base which is not necessarily a functional road directory D3 2314 2 Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator Grid: A.M.G., Zone 50 Date: May 1990 Source Data: Based on field survey, air photo interpretation and collation of existing published and unpublished land resource data. Compiled by D. van Gool, B. Kipling, P. King and M. Proulx-Nixon, Division of Resource Management, Department of Agriculture, W.A. Source: CALM office February, 1992 D1 6 517 Drain RO S4a 1251 S2a 341 Dr N Sw 3 B2 D1 D1 ROAD oo k CALM pine plantation boundary 6350000 D1 3208 52 B4 4745 4423 B2 D1 F2b 142 2 Br Property lot numbers (and some reserve numbers) Armadale 5 179 179 38 P1b B4 B6 es 831 National Park boundary 3210 288 F3 F2c 648 ek B2 B2 32 B3 Sw 2692 Sw 3029 B4 31 66 1081 B3 B3 We D1 3230 ROAD F4 1 Sw B6 Sw S1c 2 V4 V10 5 S4c S2a S6 B1 S4a 1254 894 B6 Sw O 4 V2 1059 Qp PT S4a S4b Qp3 AM S4a 4608 B1 ROAD STIRLING P1b B3 Sw 6 B3 4195 Sw B6 CR Flora & Fauna Res. S1c V6 V1 S2a 1138 S2a 3617 S2a 1381 1527 5 B3 Sw 2427 S2a S2b Qp3 B1 Sw S3 Qd Qs 4 B1 B1 1 B3 B6 B1 S1a 3618 Qf1 4531 Sw 2684 36 B2 Clay pan 423 4 1 P3 THOMSON P1d D2 3211 P6c D3 2313 5 134 1 N 1 S6 0 B4 B2 35 34 135 1 CP State Forest boundary 284 2 SO S1a S4c S1a Sw B3 133 B1 1 B3 29 F3 P7 CK 2 2284 Qd Sw 33 S4a 2329 P1b B3 B2 Sw S6 1734 B4 B3 B6 839 1794 Qf1 B3 B6 177 < 2% 2-10% 10-20% 20-50% 50-90% > 90% Prepared by the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia Jandakot Miscellaneous swamps 2979 D2 166 306 B1 B2 < 50 cm 50-100 cm > 100 cm Shallow Moderately deep Deep Very few Few Common Many Abundant Very abundant 136 2 JA 2417 OCEAN 4864 1 70 B6 B2 132 m m m m m Fremantle Sw D2 533 532 F3 166 7 F2c 3 Abundance classes Soil depth <9 9-30 30-90 90-300 > 300 Perth Peel Harvey legal catchment boundary 3218 572 P6c 1327 75 P7 B3 B4 176 3232 D3 F2b 8 3 P1d B3 3295 D2 F4 287 < 1% 1-3% 3-10% 10-20% 20-32% Shire boundary 530 P4 1 P7 4607 B3 D3 1 2 F3 F5 130 131 P5 4 1 3337 166 153 Relief Extremely low Very low Low High Very high D2 AD 163 P6c 525 129 3295 RO 3156 668 156 B1 16 203 RIVERDALE 1 K 3593 128 Highest level terrace associated with the western margins of Lake Clifton and Lake Preston with shallow calcareous black sandy loam overlying limestone Key BLAC F1c COOKERNUP V10 Location Diagram D2 CK F5 15 524 P7 P7 P6c F4 B6 B1 F2b 282 P3 Very broad shallow depression with deep, poorly drained, fine textured alkaline estuarine alluvium D1 920 D3 RO F1b 13 ROAD 126 V7 D1 D2 3232 D3 3156 3 4224 4245 B2 Sw D1 3233 26 312 125 High level sandy terrace and gently undulating beach ridges with deep grey or bleached pale brown siliceous sands overlying soft shelly limestone D1 2646 F4 1 B1 B6 1021 B1 B3 Sw V7 1838 127 4245 B3 B1 B3 Drain Brook P1b 4710 B6 Sw 4857 2 124 Clarke P5 3071 B3 B3 B3 B1 B1 Sw 334 P1b Sw 2326 1085 B1 V6 Level Very gently inclined Gently inclined Moderately inclined Moderately steep F1b P6c P7 This mapping incorporates unpublished coastal mapping (Oma 1981). To the north it adjoins mapping of the shires of Mandurah and Murray (Wells 1989). The map units employed here are largely derived from the Mandurah-Murray study, with some minor editorial changes High level sandy terrace and gently undulating beach ridges with shallow to moderately deep grey siliceous sand overlying soft shelly limestone or shell beds Slope 1389 816 5112 417 35 V5 3012 973 P3 122 Acid/alkaline refers to the soil reaction trends described by Northcote, (1979) 1931 741 in S2a V6 B6 4500 D1 804 2 Dra V4 P7 B4 1 F1b 1 285 3 2 Sw B1 B3 B1 P7 Sw RO AD Sw B6 S3 V10 B3 S2a Qp1 S1b B3 Sw S2c 1498 712 B3 B1 CP 4483 4709 B2 4711 B3 B6 Sw 3360 1565 Sw Sw P7 5483 1008 Qp B3 B3 B3 B4 RIVERDA LE S6 B2 Sw 1253 3099 P6c 3 Low level storm beach ridges and terraces with minor limestone outcrop. Soils are deep, alkaline, black sandy loams overlying unconsolidated shell beds or clayey marl. over a buried clay 3342 1 187 P8 HUXLEY V4 * effective duplex - soils with similar land qualities that have a deep soil 1114 F5 416 333 Sand flats similar to V2, but marginally higher and commonly supporting stands of Melaleuca spp. 2941 5126 31 1 V3 826 183 F3 2 B6 B3 Sw Sw 1504 Sw P7 116 118 B2 P7 B3 4703 B3 Closed Road Qd1 B1 B4 Sw Sw B3 S1a V2 1023 Sw S3 S4a Sw 1 B6 Myalup Pine Plantation 1 3924 B1 CP B2 4708 B3 Sw B3 S4a P1b 3 Sw 838 Qd B1 P7 B4 B1 B2 Sw 595 6 1 Sw B2 B4 330 4 114 Samphire covered sand and mud flats marginally higher than V1 with deep alkaline sands and clayey sands D3 Sw 3 V2 D1 950 2683 805 YARLOOP SHIRE OF HARVEY 5 B2 B3 B6 112 P7 Drain 1147 3185 V7 S1b B3 4702 910 3036 911 B2 B3 4 Sw B1 273 Sw 2682 ROAD CLIFTON P7 342 B3 B1 4707 B2 P1d Saline tidal flats with grey, black and brown foetid muds and humic sandy clays with locally common shell and limestone fragments STATE FOREST No. 14 (Water catchment area) F4 5322 F2c 4618 Sw 693 P3 Actively eroding, poorly vegetated, blowout with rim and bowl (parabolic) morphology with deep calcareous sands V1 P10a Flat terraces adjacent to major rivers with deep black cracking clays with alkaline subsoils; soils similar to P5 D1 1 4619 826 826 650 Sw B4 B3 B3 S4b Sw 6350000 Qs B5 2622 V2 Qf1 B6 Sw 2940 S4b 6 ROAD V2 B3 B6 111 113 B6 B3 110 260 Qb Qualification of descriptive terms D2 259 Flat to very gently undulating erosional floor of blowout or sandsheet with medium to coarse sand or calcrete pavement; seasonally waterlogged Vasse estuarine and lagoonal deposits: - Low lying poorly drained terraces, flats and beach ridges fringing the Peel-Harvey Estuarine System, coastal lakes and river mouths. Soils are extremely variable, being formed on Holocene unconsolidated estuarine alluvium and lagoonal deposits. They are often highly saline and may be subject to periodic inundation. 2697 688 B1 B3 B2 B3 Sw 7 V4 Qd B2 S2a Qp1 Qp3 Sw Sw B2 4492 B6 CP Qd1 853 256 B3 B6 1071 Sw 187 107 108 109 258 257 B3 P7b Small gently undulating plains (deflation basins) enclosed by parabolic dunes with moderately deep to deep calcareous sands over limestone 4201 2281 43 44 106 45 106 46 P3 4706 B3 B1 B3 B3 SHIRE OF HARVEY S1a V2 Sw 1189 805 P1d CP 255 B1 B4 B4 B3 4701 Sw 1963 V2 V1 B3 B4 5 V1 B4 B2 1148 Qs Sw B2 B1 Sw B3 B1 B1 4696 B6 B3 B3 B3 1 P1d 105 1 103 Gently undulating to flat terraces adjacent to major rivers, but below the general level of the plain, with deep well drained uniform brownish sands or loams subject to periodic flooding Subdued parabolic dunes on the eastern margins of the dune system Qd 907 4201 D3 F1b 1 99 99 ROAD P10 Qp3 100 2463 1351 P2 4705 Sw B4 4695 2637 S2a V1 Qd 245 CP B1 B2 CP 1 528 1 98 100 1 P5 P2a B3 F3 P1e 102 Shallowly incised stream channels or minor creeks and rivers with deep acidic mottled yellow duplex soils The boundaries of the adjoining maps have been modified slightly using the 1991 aerial photography to ensure map unit continuity WAGERUP 101 Sw 327 244 Main 4 Qp B1 B7 B5 253 P9 D2 4201 97 254 B3 Sw B6 Sw Qp2 B3 4699 B6 B3 B6 B3 ROAD B1 B3 B1 B3 Broad poorly drained flats and poorly defined stream channels with moderately deep to deep sands over mottled clays; acidic or less commonly alkaline gley and yellow duplex soils to uniform bleached or pale brown sands over clay 492 945 93 94 97 Sw B1 B3 1196 V10 Qd1 Sw B2 S3 BAGIEAU Sw 1 ROAD 2 B1a Sw B3 B3 in P1b 329 328 327 B1 B6 B3 Dra P1e P3 BAGOT Drain 9 10 7 B3 River Qd Qd 4694 ALEXANDER Sw ROAD B1 B6 B4 303 B2 1 3343 P1d 2606 2 1 CP P8 D5 Sw 331 243 P7 1070 B3 B3 H Sw S4b 8 B4 B1 B3 V3 S1a B3 B2 Sw B1 B3 4704 B3 Sw 340 Seasonally inundated depressions or seepage areas near the base of of the foothills with very poorly drained deep bleached siliceous sands D1 387 D2 4238 F2c P4 325 N 4698 EDIT S2b V2 B2 B6 B6 B2 3015 3 2 B3 B3 4693 S2a S3 V4 Sw 326 JOHNSTO B3 B2 MER Qp3 561 Qd B3 Sw B4 Sw B4 B1 B3 B1 B1 B4 Sw B6 422 15 4489 Br oo k As for P7 but alkaline P7b 14 P1b P1d P7a 390 1208 1 16 B6 CP B2 B3 B3 B3 15 P7 Sw B1 Sw 4692 B1 S6 S2b B1 e B2 242 B3 4700 2631 Sw S1c S3 B3 B2 B6 B1 Sw Qp Qp1 B2 241 P2 252 Sw B4 B6 1194 Qd B3 Sw 562 Qs B3 1270 1306 B1 B1 B4 B1 S3 S2b 1150 B1 1269 Sw B3 B6 Sw B3 13 332 343 Seasonally inundated swamps and depressions with very poorly drained variable acidic mottled yellow and gley duplex soils D3 F2a F4 AY HW V2 2 115°37'30" B1 B3 B3 S2a B1 Long walled discrete parabolic dunes with similar slopes and soils to Qp1 626 173 P4 Qp2 Very gently undulating, alluvial terraces and fans with uniform friable brown loams, or well structured gradational brown earths; soils are moderate to moderately well drained D2 F5 Drain 269 AD D5 489 ROAD B3 3912 B1 Complex of nested low relief parabolic dunes with moderate to steep slopes and deep calcareous sands with variable depth of darkening in the surface horizon 1170 387 420 BANCELL B2 274 Lo gu AD RO 240 B4 B2 B3 B2 Sw S6 S1a INDIAN 3907 4697 B2 1195 B2 D2 D1 HIG B4 238 239 Sw 200 Brook Bancell 145 146 201 P1b B2 237 Harvey S2b P1b 236 B1 2 410 P3 234 B2 B3 Sw Sw B6 B6 Sw B1 S4b Qb 33°00'00" 2 B3 B3 B6 B3 B6 Sw B6 B3 B2 230 P5 1 B1 203 233 250 P1b CP 232 235 RO F2c CP 217 231 229 Qp1 Very gently undulating alluvial terraces and low rises contiguous with the plain, with moderately well to well drained soils. These are associated with prior stream deposits upon the plain, and have uniform brownish sands D4 218 P1b B1 D4 203 P6c P1b 249 D4 1 F3 P1d B6 POND Wagerup Refinery 2 B1 B6 B2 B3 Sw S1b S1b 1151 Qd PRESTON 3 AD Sw 1 Flat to very gently undulating plain with variably leached calcareous sand generally overlying a calcrete horizon at 60-90cm depth 855 D4 514 STATE FOREST No. 14 (Water catchment area) B2 B1 P5a RO 1 V3 Qd1 B4 B3 B1 COAST 4926 V10 Qd1 B4 225 227 4 B3 P1d D3 TAILING TAILING POND 200 P7 P1b B4 B3 S1a S2b S3 V4 Qp3 Qp1 B1 S3 S3 V2 B6 B6 B1 B3 Mining (Tailing ponds) D2 N Qp3 226 247 More prominent relict foredune ridges which occur within unit Qf2 Qp 1254 WILLOWDALE F4 200 P4 225 P2 Sw 226 248 3906 1 B3 S2b 1418 Qf2a D1 D3 ain D3 1 F1b Dr CP D3 D1 Foredune/blowout complex (semi erosional) with very low relief ridge and swale topography and deep calcareous sands Relict foredunes and gently undulating beach ridge plain with deep calcareous sands D4 351 F3 B2 B4 3 P1d 354 353 F5 F2c 1417 228 B3 621 F3 ER Qd P2 4509 B6 B2 4471 4079 S4b 2 1 4151 S1a V4 Qd B6 1 B6 B2 B1 937 423 13 619 923 363 12 P7 D2 468 F2c ST WE Qp3 B1 JOHNSTON L B7 Sw B3 2 S3 4151 S4b Qd1 B B3 RO TO S RI D1 Qf1 Qf2 6360000 313 F1b 260 15 s Sam se d 916 Quindalup Dune System (coastal dunes): -Unconsolidated Holocene sand west of the Spearwood Dunes. The major formations are low relief complex parabolic dunes fronted by foredunes with moderately inclined to steep slopes. The soils are well to rapidly drained, uniform pale calcareous sands. Very gently undulating alluvial terraces contiguous with the plain, with moderately well to well drained soils. These are associated with major current river systems, and have acidic red and yellow duplex soils, less commonly gradational red and yellow earths P7 D2 Stony plain with extremely low ridges (relict beach ridges and shallow to moderately deep siliceous yellow-brown sands P5 clay with a veneer of grey sand 912 D5 c. deep, yellow-brown or dark brown sands that are seasonally inundated S5 P5a P6c 426 883 16 P1d B2 Clo B3 883 RO A b. shallow to moderately deep yellow-brown and grey-brown sands with minor limestone outcrop P6a F2c 259 on P2 B2 ve B6 ROAD B3 3 B2 1180 Res. Qd McLarty Pine Plantation se r P5 3238 B3 B2 B4 246 937 2870 B4 STATE FOREST No. 16 577 P10b 4508 B3 B6 D2 D Mining F4 Road OLD 5129 V4 B6 Sw B4 P5 32°52'30" a. deep, pale and sometimes bleached, sands with yellow-brown subsoils Poorly drained flats, sometimes with gilgai microrelief and with moderately deep to deep black, olive grey and some yellowish brown cracking clays and less commonly non-cracking friable clays with generally acidic subsoils Poorly drained flats, commonly with gilgai microrelief and with deep black, grey to olive brown cracking clays with alkaline subsoils. D4 F3 P1b Bro Sw Flat to gently undulating sandplain (including minor depressions) with: P4 D3 F4 1 B3 B3 3907 B1a V10 Qd 0 S1c S3 S2b 158 ok 3 B3 B3 276 B6 Drain 324 3 S4 Flat to very gently undulating plain with deep, imperfect to poorly drained acidic yellow, grey or brown gradational earths and mottled yellow duplex soils, with loam to clay loam surface horizons P6b D2 894 F1b F2c 1150 14 B4 d. as for P1a, but moderately susceptible to salinity P3 1345 893 484 F2c B4 B4 3 S1a 4469 4 B1 2 Mining P1d 200 Main RIVER P10b 3911 5128 P6c 5 B6 110 4 274 157 17 B3 Inter dunal swales and depressions with gently inclined sideslopes and deep well drained siliceous yellow-brown sands 2 2 SOUTH Recreation Res. 1243 B1 5271 5271 B1 B3 157 P1d Re S3 V4 276 B1 VCL Sw Sw 341 1287 V4 Qd Sw B2 911 B1a B1a 334 H AC Qd Qb B2 3024 B3 BE V4 B4 B3 B3 V1 V2 B4 B1 1 D1 D1 F4 1416 B1 B2 Sw P7 P1b 200 B1 156 S3 As for P2, but there is a moderately deep silcrete or calcrete hardpan generally on top of an (olive-grey) clay D3 244 B6 B6 911 495 LAKE 1321 Qf1 63 64 64 65 66 327 852 PEP S1a 67 68 B3 B1 B2 B3 B4 69 70 71 F3 1 B2 852 T MIN PER S4a V2 Qd B4 B6 S2a Sw B2 F3 Sw F5 F2c b. moderately deep pale sand to sandy loam over clay: imperfectly drained and moderately susceptible to salinity in limited areas US Res. B2 G S4b V1 V4 341 RO 400 EY V4 Qp S2c B1 2752 RV 6360000 2443 S1c 400 Sw VE Sw ROAD 63 72 B2 D4 3 56 c. Deep bleached grey sands with yellow-brown subsoils usually occuring on the eastern edge of the Spearwood dune ridge P2a 6 63 Reserve D1 F2c 7 b. shallow to moderately deep yellow-brown sands and common limestone outcrop Flat to very gently undulating plain with alkaline mottled yellow duplex soils which generally consist of shallow pale sand to sandy loam over clay 1523 P6c Sw P4 1300 D2 F4 P6c HAMEL 1245 357 B6 1132 V3 1300 142 Pines 139 Flat to very gently undulating plain with acidic mottled yellow duplex (or *"effective duplex") soils comprising: P2 DRAKESBROOK DAM 1 60 B4 P2a B3 1243 B1 Sw CP B3 D2 D3 D2 F5 P3 F2b 26 P1b CP D2 P6c McLURE Sw Sw B4 B1 401 HA STO N V10 949 57 PRE V4 Qd S1c 358 LAKE MOYANUP 141 59 58 57 D O S1a B3 B2 401 56 55 54 53 51 P3 D1 F4 2 on ms Sa 262 1312 B3 52 342 Sw B4 4065 Sw 1568 B6 B1 886 4065 57 LAKE HAYWARD D A RO D2 4 P6c 5 a. moderately deep to deep yellow-brown sands or pale sands with yellow-brown subsoils, and minor limestone outcrop e. shallow pale sand to sandy loam over very gravelly clay; moderately well drained ER V1 Qp3 Qp V2 Qp3 B1 345 345 885 1241 5099 BEACH 344 885 4470 4470 Sw B2 1011 343 343 P2 1419 B1 Qp YALGORUP 1538 B2 B4 B1a PRESTON LLE R CP B1 B3 BU 1539 B4 344 2791 B3 98 V4 B3 3194 3582 Closed Road 1 B3 1011 341 1261 D4 WEIR AT W V4 2 B3 B2 SHIRE OF WAROONA TH V2 B3 B6 B1 3 ok Bro 6 1701 1455 B6 7 8 22 P1d 323 Sw 1500 2 1 D1 D3 26 0 North 5 4 4 B3 1343 B3 1 B4 B2 1 B2 Sw 14 NOR Qp V10 B1 P10b 3161 B3 YALGORUP 32°52'30" 858 B6 AD RO B1 B3 195 Lower slopes (1-5%) of dune ridge with well drained: Darling Range 1073 13 S1a 1460 Sw 3161 B2 B2 B1 860 ON S3 YALGORUP NATIONAL PARK V4 Sw S2c 101 P2a B2 P4 Sw 1073 1080 1246 453 3680 B6 239 ROA Drain S2 a. shallow pale sand to sandy loam over clay; imperfect to poorly drained and generally not susceptible to salinity D3 9 12 6 c. deep bleached grey sands with yellow-brown subsoils, and slopes 5 to 15% 194 F2b ROAD 3 D1 184 P6c BULLER P7 8 P6c 19 Sw B3 Poorly defined stream channels on lowest slopes with soils similar to F4 3012 1079 3680 101 17 18 26 27 2 3 Sw 1499 20 1 F5 P1 213 138 Dune ridges with well to rapidly drained: b. deep yellow brown sands or pale sands with yellow-brown subsoil, and slopes 5 to 15% D5 2400 AD RO Qp Qd 688 Sw 19 P3 D1 3033 3186 B4 B4 339 340 P2 495 B6 908 B1 1193 B1 B2 ON ATI 52 Drain 1193 S1c CO R 12 B4 1198 Incised stream channels with poorly drained acidic yellow duplex soils and gradational sandy brown earths D3 D2 P3 135 Sandplain (and broad extremely low rises) similar to B4 with imperfectly drained soils a. shallow to moderately deep yellow-brown sands, very common limestone outcrop and slopes 5 to 15% F4 F1c 19 P8 P2 91 44 Drain Drakesbrook P1b 1 458 Har v Pine ey We Plan ir tatio n S3 2443 B3 B8 1501 S3 V1 P2 B2 B3 250 B1 Sw S1a V4 3221 2196 15 121 348 S3 V2 S2b Sw 811 B2 B3 B6 S1 As for F1 (a,b,c), but with very gently to gently inclined lower slopes (1-5%) Pinjarra Plain: - Broad low relief plain west of the foothills, comprising predominantly Pleistocene fluvial sediments and some Holocene alluvium associated with major current drainage systems. Major soils are naturally poorly drained with many swamps. D3 D1 1 Shallowly incised stream channels of minor creeks and rivers with soils similar to B4 (and B6) d. moderately deep to deep yellow-brown sands, rare limestone outcrop and slopes 15 to 25% on the eastern slipface 5 WAROONA 45 250 Qp B4 S3 1241 P2 2 32 00 V1 V2 2749 Qs V4 52 2196 B3 B6 B6 B4 Sw B6 1 1498 494 337 402 1 33 49 V6 V4 1241 P10b P5 B3 438 B6 B4 31 30 6 1946 1331 S2b 813 P2 B1 799 Sw 15 14 13 12 F1b 46 84 S4b 2196 ROAD BEACH Qd 1029 McLarty Pine Plantation 800 B2 11 B5 STATE FOREST No. 14 2 47 2 1 D3 544 F2b Broad poorly drained sandplain with deep grey siliceous sands or bleached sands, underlain at depths generally greater than 1.5 metres by clay or less frequently a strong iron-organic pan Spearwood dune and sandplain system: - Gently to moderately inclined low hills and gently undulating plain located west of the Bassendean System associated with Pleistocene, Tamala Limestone. Hills consist of a core of friable aeolianite, capped by secondary calcite and overlain by variable depths of well to rapidly drained siliceous yellow-brown sands. The gently undulating plain is the surface expression of the consolidated marine limestone component of the Tamala Limestone. Very gently inclined lower slopes (1-3%) with deep, imperfectly drained yellow and, less commonly, acidic gley duplex soils 386 P7b B4 Gently inclined slopes (5-10%), with moderately well to well drained: F3 D3 525 A NANG 2 HIGHWAY S2a Qp2 B2 STATE FOREST No. 16 803 689 336 6 3 254 48 3 WESTERN 4631 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 7 8 9 10 P5 B3 337 402 B3 B1 SHIRE OF WAROONA B6 B3 1432 B4 B2 B1 B6 P5a B6 438 22 2 161 D2 49 P3 ROAD 191 192 B2 1 40 CORONATION Sw F2 50 35 1402 689 26 25 1 4 317 P1e 22 21 34 9 10 B1 301 SOUTH S3 S1c 1 B6 982 36 6 7 8 P1b B3 981 1331 B6 P2 B6 2728 Qd Qd Beach Reserve P2 S2b 5279 ROAD P3 988 254 Qd V1 B6 932 B6 B6 B3 331 Sw Sw B2 2510 P5 B1 10 B6 305 Drain 1032 S3 N S2b Qd 129 V4 P7 RO P2 AD P2 B4 MA Qf1 V5 5240 P5a P5a Sw 981 990 P2 817 V1 D 1305 B1 P2 DO S4b Sw Qd 3223 S4a V4 ROA 507 589 MARTINS TANK LAKE ON PREST Closed Road S2b Qd 1402 D3 281 F5 303 Closed depressions and poorly defined stream channels with moderately deep, poorly to very poorly drained bleached sands with an iron-organic pan, or clay at generally less than 1 metre depth; surface horizons are dark grey sand or sandy loam D5 D ROA D5 482 478 280 279 37 Dr ain Qd 1402 Sw 983 COLES 986 B6 B2 B6 Deeply incised river valleys with moderately inclined slopes with deep sandy duplex soils and minor rock outcrop; although swampy depressions or seepage areas do occur, this unit is generally moderately well to well drained c. deep uniform yellowish brown sand, generally laterite and gravel free 1 AD P2 1 1332 F1b F4 B2 D5 b. moderately deep to deep, gravelly acidic yellow duplex soils and rare laterite 2 162 D2 P1e 304 Gently inclined crests and upper slopes with shallow uniform brownish sands with ironstone gravel and very common duricrust outcrop (block laterite) a. shallow to moderately deep, very gravelly acidic yellow duplex soils and common laterite D1 D3 274 275 39 D4 B3 265 273 272 RO 814 3 P2 888 B3 933 ROAD B6 5 4 3 1 B2 F5 1235 308 Drain Deeply incised tributary valleys with steep sideslopes; soils and rock outcrop similar to D1 F1 182 79 P1d F5 ROAD B4 P5a S1c S3 V6 Qp2 1744 720 1342 D1 186 B6 P7a B1 P1d P7 2 P1b ROAD 3223 1289 P2 812 399 P4 B1 BROCKMAN 3121 2 Qd 3322 1818 4910 V1 S1a Qf2 B6 989 4684 S2a S3 ROAD S4a B1 957 1342 B1 ROAD P1b Sw B6 D3 F3 5 B6 37 P1d 165 B1 PEEL 38 5 4 3 1 P1b 398 947 B2 B6 P3 F4 4 1239 B2 P1d B2 P1b B7 935 B6 P2 B2 B6 B2 Sw ROAD 15 V5 16 Qd 956 870 P2 1000 B1 513 164 807 WEST ROAD 158 D5 F1b 283 P1b 957 B3 S3 Sw PEEL P2 Drain P5 B4 P7 515 P7 808 806 381 F4 B2 As for B1, but with a more intensely coloured yellow B horizon occurring within 1 metre of the surface; marri and jarrah dominant (red gum rises) Flat to very gently undulating sandplain and broad very low rises with moderately well to well drained deep bleached grey sands with a pale yellow B horizon or a weak iron organic hardpan at 1-2 metres 314 D5 F3 P1b P1e 407 P1d 955 2 214 B2 412 BROCKMAN P2 P1d B6 B6 Sw B6 ROAD 406 B6 935 P5 998 P1d B6 1215 3 365 P4 P1e Sw P1d 382 652 D4 B6 P7 927 P1b 956 B3 B6 P1b P1b P7a P2 3 B4 12 P5 P7 Sw 4556 18 Qd 1 1 B4 B2 412 Sw B2 B2 421 P7a 382 407 ROAD S1b 3167 V5 S4a P5 RIV ER 17 1535 P5 Sw ECKERSLEY CLIFTON S4b 1818 999 P2 1 2 B6 B2 12 B6 P2 P7a 12 3167 S1c S4b B6 289 F1c P1b AY V2 B3 520 P4 3 D2 547 B1a B2 Ridge Hill Shelf (foothills): - Lateritized, low relief, foothills of the Darling Scarp comprising fossil shoreline bench sediments, Holocene colluvium and narrow bands of alluvium. D5 D1 364 411 MAYFIELD P5 3 P7 255 216 Extremely low to very low relief dunes, undulating sandplain and discrete sand rises with deep bleached grey sands sometimes with a pale yellow B horizon or a weak iron-organic hardpan at depths generally greater than 2 metres; banksia dominant 171 3 F4 228 IL V4 ST Qp2 Qd V4 P2 B3 Closed Road A CO POLLARD B6 P10b P1b 409 B2 P2a B6 P2 B6 P5 B6 P1e 1 B6 NE Mc LAKE 120 Qp1 V1 B6 ROAD CLIFTON 4 1080 1295 B6 B6 S2b 2 2 408 Moderately inclined slopes (10-20%) with similar soils and rock outcrop to D1 D3 6370000 F2c 370 D2 2 D4 P1d 1277 P8 Steeper slopes (20-30%) of scarp face with gradational red and yellow earths and duplex soils with variable depth and common rock outcrop D1 F1b ROAD HW HIG S2a 11 P1b B1 B2 D3 168 1182 F5 159 HALL B6 ain 863 4 P5 517 371 P2 Dr F4 245 B4 D1 D3 1 518 246 P1b B2 2 P1b B6 DORSETT Qf1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 V2 S2b B6 P5 3 ROAD Sw P2 S3 3 S4a Qd S3 2 0 B6 441 P7 ROA D 1 LAKE Qd Qf2a RY Sw V4 V2 V4 14 P2 10 2 P5 IA LL WI 882 T Sw 1818 4630 V6 S4b S2b P1d 2942 1744 2 VEY Qd S2b P1d 374 P1d B2 ON MS P5 B2 1 P1b 8 112 1 2 8 1395 518 F1c 524 2 Qp2 B2 B1 13 Sw D1 D3 160 1536 3168 HAR S1a P5 13 9 B3 D3 518 D4 P1b P1b B3 DAM D1 F4 F5 P1b 523 433 432 P5 D3 272 ROAD 493 296 ROAD V5 B2 ROAD Qd 9 10 11 12 13 CP P2 B4 1287 P5 P1b 1356 D1 3 D2 D1 TALLATHALLA P4 ERN MEN S3 B1 1426 V2 B6 12 P2 Recreation Reserve F1b F4 D4 CP 1255 ROAD Qp2 S2b 11 8 field May 14 CP P6a P1b 447 Darling Scarp: Moderately inclined to steep, incised, high relief slopes forming the western edge of the Darling Plateau. Upper areas are capped with laterite and the remainder have variable soils formed from weathering of Archaean granitic and gneissic rocks. Soils are generally well drained and rock outcrops commonly occur. D1 905 F5 B1 906 RIVER B2 B2 B2 P1d 914 296 F1b D3 F2b P7 882 B2 5 F4 5 P1d REIGERT S1a Qd V1 S2a 2320 2986 V6 2986 B6 P2 B3 7 P1b N ER ST S3 S1d S2a 1486 B1 7 D1 F2b F2a 903 P1b 1255 P3 368 903 B2 B2 F4 4 WE S4a Qd B4 B2 B2 1137 P1b D S3 10 P1d P3 A RO S3 S3 P4 B2 The distinguishing features of the mapping units are shown below. Wherever possible the terminology of the Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook (McDonald et al., 1984) has been used. Some of the terms are quantified at the bottom of the legend. AD P1b B2 P4 P7 WHETTEM 1 2 3 4 5 V4 6 7 V4 P2 B2 D V4 P10a 1509 P1d P7 P9a B6 1700 P4 B1 B6 B6 1 ROA 4981 1944 OLD S2b Qp2 B1 733 2 789 GOV 1 V5 V6 77 S1b B6 P1b P4 P4 P1b 1401 920 B3 1508 B1 9 6 B2 B2 1 Drain 3 2 B4 535 P2 B6 NA TI ON 498 S1a S3 S4b V4 S2b V3 1 B6 B6 P1b P3 ROAD 18 S3 6370000 793 B6 P5 RO S3 Qd V2 V2 19 P2 1488 S4b P5 P3 P1a 853 P3 CO S2b Qb S2b 1507 P1b P7 1 B2 SOMERS 19 V4 B1 1292 2 D1 D3 RO P6a 481 869 D3 Bassendean dune and sandplain system: - Pleistocene sand dunes with very low relief, leached grey siliceous sand intervening sandy and clayey swamps and gently undulating plains. These occur immediately west of, and partly overlie, the Pinjarra Plain. Topography becomes more subdued from west to east. The mapping units are grouped according to the geomorphic elements described by McArthur and Bettenay (1960) in order of decreasing age. 1137 F2c P1d P3 P3 1217 788 P10 397 P7 P1b 220 P7 SOUTH SW 606 F1b 1 P6a IL V3 3045 S4a 1209 1409 B6 B2 P1b F1a 9 425 P7 SW 1222 B2 6 22 S1a Qd Dra n F4 34 Legend of soil-landscape mapping units arranged in physiographic order D1 315 362 AY 21 tio erva ons & C erve e g ina Res P1b P1b D3 315 D2 F1a 219 P9 E McN Y AR V5 16 B4 B3 SW P7 P6a 418 D3 R TU ES 5 P1a P4 P7 P5 593 608 SW B3 1 1221 D4 F1a D1 F2a 2 P6b 1221 B2 629 B2 F3 B2 P4 SW 628 1056 P4 608 Division of Resource Management Department of Agriculture, Western Australia March 1992 D3 472 919 33 P7 F4 134 D4 315 F4 131 P1a P7 1 Dennis van Gool and Bev Kipling D3 156 F1b 309 3 3 2 P3 P1a P7 B2 P4 B3 P2 V2 4 SW P4 5 2657 Qd B2 B1 V1 1496 12 2657 B1 1506 1650 B2 B2 P3 P3 D2 308 H 437 437 S2b 440 P4 SW P1b P3 ROAD S2b 936 1175 S2a 443 SW B1 2 1 GIBBINS P1b B3 802 P4 P4 B2 2 3 618 P4 F2c R U M SW B2 S4b P2 SW P7 P7 D3 ROAD P1b SHIRE OF MURRAY P7 D1 F1a F1c532 4 32 P9 8 616 618 P5 2 1 P7 978 SW SW Qp1 B3 3 ROAD SW B2 479 4185 S1a SW P4 B2 B2 P5 B2 2 P7 714 4 Drain 1 4 P7 618 P7 P1a 389 B3 444 2 1 3 B1 2 B2 F3 WILLIAM 1 P3 D2 148 F1a F4 F2b P331 P1b P1b F1a F4 309 5 P1b 8 P7 F5 P7 P6b P3 P4 F4 134 1 P6b SOUT V4 2275 20 1429 V6 4 S2b S1d 3 2 S4b NB U Qd B3 1 1 TROTTER S2b Qb P7 SW B3 P7 B3 P2 1505 B3 388 Drain P1a 1488 P1b 1400 613 613 B2 P7 B2 P1a P6a P1a 253 P1b235 P1b P1a P1b SW 1172 P6a P4 P1d P7 B2 B3 FOURACRES S1b P7 P4 ROAD P5 P5 P1b B2 P10 B2 COOLUP Qp2 HILL SHIRE OF MURRAY 2275 P1a 7 233 3 B3 417 35 P7 P7 1407 434 3 B2 S2a 2240 B4 284 292 P7 7 6 5182 LAKE 66 790 36 56 57 58 2 B2 108 236 234 283 MAYFIELD 1504 B4 BOUNDARY 65 SW B3 SW S1a S2a 1453 3 3 SHIRE OF MANDURAH S1a ESTUARY B1 B3 949 1503 11 12 1341 SW ROA D S2b B2 P3 283 ROAD S2a Qf1 2 P4 64 LANDWEHR 40 1358 V6 B2 P5 395 P3 P6b P7 P7 P7 P1b P3 BURNSIDE 595 n HARVEY SOUTHERN 5 B3 SW 400000 P1b P1b 4 P7 P1b ROAD B2 52 B3 SW B2 P2 1 Dr ai P7 Closed P2 S4b S1a Qb P5 S1c S3 V5 979 P1a P7 Drain S4b B2 B2 115°52'30" SW 18 GIBBINS 51 B3 17 B1 B1 P5 S2b S4b SW B3 B4 P7 B2 BU 5181 V4 DUCK POND 534 1424 1431 B4 1488 V6a 595 48 V5 V4 1 V6 OLD V6 390000 ROAD 50 V5 Qd Qd 45 FAWCETT 115°45'00" 380000 S3 Qp2 NICHOLSON 115°37'30" LAND RESOURCES IN THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE PEEL-HARVEY CATCHMENT, SWAN COASTAL PLAIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 0 km 10 Other 1:50,000 mapping (not displayed - outside the catchment boundary) Wells, M.R., Oma V.P. and Richards, N. (1985). Shire of Rockingham - a study of land resources and planning considerations. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. Technical report 44
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