Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 165
Bodine Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges
Parent material: Residuum from cherty limestone
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Slope range: 6 to 60 percent
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
Geographically Associated Soils
Dewey soils, which have more than 35 percent clay and less than 15 percent chert
fragments in the control section
Guthrie soils, which are on flood plains, on flats, and in depressions and are poorly
drained
Fullerton soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and have
15 to 35 percent chert fragments throughout the profile
Minvale and Shack soils, which have 15 to 35 percent chert fragments throughout
the profile
Wax soils, which are in drainageways and are moderately well drained
Typical Pedon
Bodine very gravelly silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes; 0.8 mile north of Whitfield-
Walker county line on Georgia Highway 201, about 1.0 mile east on Lowery Road, 0.1
mile north on Utility Road, 0.5 mile east on Lindsey Memorial Road, in road cut on
north side of road; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Villanow,
GA (1983); lat. 34 degrees 43 minutes 51 seconds N. and long. 85 degrees 04 minutes
51 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 4 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; common very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 55
percent chert fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
E—4 to 16 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak
medium granular structure and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few
very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 50 percent chert fragments; very
strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt1—16 to 26 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) extremely gravelly silty clay loam;
moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine, fine, medium,
and coarse roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 75 percent chert fragments;
very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2—26 to 60 inches; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) extremely gravelly clay loam;
common medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and common fine faint
yellowish red (5YR 5/6) mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure;
friable; few very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; few distinct and common
faint clay films on faces of peds; 75 percent chert fragments; very strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: More than 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 35 to 70 percent chert fragments in the A and E horizons
and 60 to 80 percent in the Bt horizons
Reaction: Very strongly acid throughout