Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 181
Slope range: 2 to 15 percent
Classification: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Albertville soils, which have B horizons with a hue of 7.5YR or yellower and have a
moderately slow permeability
Allen soils, which have less than 35 percent clay in the control section and have
sandstone bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Conasauga soils, which are moderately well drained and have shale bedrock at a
depth of 20 to 40 inches
Cunningham soils, which have B horizons with a hue of 7.5YR or redder and have a
slow permeability
Dewey soils, which have limestone bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Hanceville soils, which have dark red colors throughout the upper part of the subsoil
and have sandstone bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Montevallo soils, which have shale bedrock at a depth of 10 to 20 inches
Panama soils, which have more than 35 percent sandstone fragments in the control
section
Townley soils, which have shale or interbedded sandstone and shale bedrock at a
depth of 20 to 40 inches
Waynesboro soils, which are on old stream terraces, have greater than 20 percent
sand in the B horizons, and have bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Typical Pedon
Enders silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes; 0.7 miles north of Murray-Gordon county line
on U.S. Highway 411, about 0.2 mile southeast on Hiawassee Road, in road cut on
south side of road; Murray County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Oakman,
GA (1971); lat. 34 degrees 36 minutes 27 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 42 minutes
34 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 6 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; many fine, medium, and coarse roots; 10 percent fine
gravel; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
BA—6 to 10 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; few medium prominent
strong yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; weak medium granular structure and weak
fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many fine, medium, and coarse
roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt1—10 to 19 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; strong medium subangular blocky
structure; firm; common fine and medium and few coarse roots; common distinct
clay films on faces of peds; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2—19 to 27 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; common fine faint red (2.5YR 4/6)
and few fine prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) mottles; strong coarse angular
blocky structure and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine
and medium roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid;
gradual wavy boundary.
Bt3—27 to 43 inches; reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay loam; few fine distinct red
(2.5YR 5/6) and few fine prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) mottles; moderate
medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine and medium roots;
common distinct clay films on faces of peds; extremely acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Cr—43 to 60 inches; dusky red sandstone.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 35 to 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: 40 to 60 inches