Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Soil Survey of
Murray and Whitfield
Counties, Georgia
By Catherine E. Scott and Douglas E. Cabe, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fieldwork by Douglas E. Cabe, Joan B. Howard, K. Steve Lawrence, Edward E.
Looper, J. Greg Taylor, and Gloria J. York, Natural Resources Conservation Service;
Chattahoochee National Forest lands surveyed under Forest Service contract by
consultant soil scientists James H. Brown, Edward L. O’Brien, and Johnny Woodruff
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
in cooperation with
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and the University of Georgia,
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Stations
MURRAY and WHITFIELD COUNTIES are located in the northwestern part of Georgia (fig.
1). The survey area is bordered on the east by Fannin and Gilmer Counties, on the
west by Catoosa and Walker Counties, and on the south by Gordon County.
Tennessee forms the northern boundary of the survey area.
Murray County consists of about 347 square miles, or 222,200 acres. According to
the 2000 census, the population of the county was about 36,500 (USDC, 2000). The
Figure 1.—Location of Murray and Whitfield Counties in Georgia.
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