Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 169
Chenneby Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Flood plains
Parent material: Alluvium from metamorphic, metasedimentary, and sedimentary rocks
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained
Seasonal high water table: Apparent; at a depth of 1.5 to 2.5 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 0 to 2 percent
Classification: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
Geographically Associated Soils
Arkabutla soils, which have a dominantly gray subsoil within 20 inches of the surface
Docena soils, which are on upland flats, toeslopes, and drainageways and are
moderately well drained
Ketona soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and are
poorly drained
Shellbluff soils, which are well drained
Subligna soils, which have more than 35 percent rock fragments in the control
section and are well drained
Whitwell soils, which are on stream terraces and flood plains and are moderately
well drained
Typical Pedon
Chenneby silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded; 3.2 miles northeast on
Georgia Highway 286 from intersection with U.S. Highway 76, about 3.0 miles
northeast on Lower Kings Bridge Road, 1,200 feet north and 520 feet east of bridge
over Conasauga River; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle,
Chatsworth, GA (1972); lat. 34 degrees 51 minutes 23 seconds N. and long. 84
degrees 50 minutes 20 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 6 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very
friable; common fine and few medium roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth
boundary.
AB—6 to 11 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; many medium faint light olive brown
(2.5Y 5/4) mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very
fine and fine roots; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bw1—11 to 20 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular
blocky structure; friable; common very fine and fine roots; few quartz gravel;
common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron;
common medium faint olive (5Y 5/3) iron depletions; strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Bw2—20 to 30 inches; variegated pale olive (5Y 6/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2),
and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak prismatic structure parting to weak
medium subangular blocky; friable; few very fine and fine roots; very few faint silt
coats on faces of peds and in root channels; few fine and medium irregular soft
iron-manganese concretions; few quartz gravel; very strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Bw3—30 to 55 inches; variegated light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive yellow (2.5Y
6/6), and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure
parting to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; few very fine and fine roots;
very few faint silt coats on faces of peds and in root channels; few medium and