Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

170 Soil Survey
coarse irregular soft iron-manganese concretions; few quartz gravel; very strongly
acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bw4—55 to 82 inches; variegated gray (5Y 6/1), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), and light
olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable;
few very fine and fine roots; very few faint silt coats on faces of peds and in root
channels; many medium irregular soft iron-manganese concretions; few quartz
gravel; strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 48 to more than 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 5 percent throughout
Reaction: Very strongly acid to moderately acid throughout, except where lime has
been applied
Other distinctive features: Few to many iron-manganese concretions in the B and C
horizons
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4
AB horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5, and chroma of 3 or 4
Texture—silt loam or loam
Mottles—few to many in shades of brown
Bw horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 to 6; or variegated in
shades of red, yellow, brown, olive, and gray
Texture—silt loam, loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam
Redoximorphic features—common to many in shades of red, yellow, brown, olive,
and gray; few soft iron-manganese concretions
BC horizon (where present):
Color—variegated in shades of brown and gray
Texture—silt loam, loam, or clay loam
Cg horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 6, and chroma of 2; or variegated in shades of
brown, yellow, and gray
Texture—loam or silty clay loam
Redoximorphic features—common to many in shades of brown, yellow, and gray
Cheoah Series
Major land resource area: Southern Blue Ridge
Landform: Mountains
Parent materials: Residuum and colluvium from metasedimentary and metamorphic
rock
Depth class: Deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Slope range: 15 to 35 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, isotic, mesic Humic Dystrudepts