Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

166 Soil Survey
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 2 or 3
E horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4
Texture—extremely gravelly silt loam or very gravelly silt loam
Bt horizon (upper part):
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—extremely gravelly loam, extremely gravelly silty clay loam, or extremely
gravelly clay loam
Mottles—none to common in shades of red, yellow, and brown
Bt horizon (lower part):
Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—extremely gravelly loam, extremely gravelly silty clay loam, or extremely
gravelly clay loam
Mottles—none to common in shades of red, yellow, and brown
Capshaw Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Stream terraces, depressions, and flats
Parent material: Alluvium over clayey residuum weathered from limestone
Depth class: Deep or very deep
Drainage class: Moderately well drained
Seasonal high water table: Apparent; at a depth of 2.0 to 3.5 feet
Permeability: Slow
Slope range: 0 to 6 percent
Classification: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
Geographically Associated Soils
Albertville soils, which are well drained and have shale bedrock at a depth of 40 to
60 inches
Conasauga soils, which have shale bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Docena soils, which have a fine-silty texture
Ketona soils, which are poorly drained
Whitwell soils, which have less than 35 percent clay in the control section
Typical Pedon
Capshaw silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes; 0.5 mile south of Georgia-Tennessee state
line on Sugar Creek Road, 1,350 feet west of road; Murray County, Georgia; USGS
topographic quadrangle, Beaverdale, GA-TN (1972); lat. 34 degrees 58 minutes 48
seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 48 minutes 28 seconds W.
A—0 to 7 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; many medium faint very pale brown
(10YR 7/3) mottles; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and
medium and common coarse roots; few small pebbles; strongly acid; clear smooth
boundary.
Bt1—7 to 14 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; weak medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and few medium roots; few faint
clay films on faces of peds; few small pebbles; few fine distinct very pale brown
(10YR 7/3) iron depletions; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2—14 to 22 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay; moderate medium
subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine and medium roots; common faint and