Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

182 Soil Survey
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 35 percent sandstone and shale, except in the BC and
C horizons, which range from 5 to 60 percent sandstone and shale
Reaction: Strongly acid to extremely acid, except where lime has been applied
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 6
BA or BE horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—gravelly sandy clay loam, fine sandy loam, silt loam, or silty clay loam
Mottles—none to few mottles in shades of red and brown
Bt horizon (upper part):
Color—hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—gravelly silty clay loam, channery clay loam, silty clay loam, clay loam, or
clay
Mottles—none to common in shades of red and yellow
Bt horizon (lower part):
Color—hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—gravelly silty clay, channery clay, silty clay, clay loam, or clay
Mottles—few to common in shades of red, yellow, and brown
BC horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 8; or variegated
in shades of yellow, brown, and gray
Texture—very channery silty clay loam, very channery silty clay, channery silty
clay loam, channery silty clay, or silty clay loam
Mottles—common to many in shades of yellow, brown, and gray
C horizon (where present):
Color—variegated in shades of red, yellow, brown, and gray
Texture—highly weathered, rippable sandstone and shale that crushes to very
channery silty clay loam or very channery silty clay
Cr horizon:
Type of bedrock—multicolored, rippable sandstone and shale bedded at angles up
to 35 degrees
Fullerton Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges
Parent material: Residuum from cherty limestone
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 2 to 60 percent slopes
Classification: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Paleudults
Geographically Associated Soils
Bodine soils, which have less than 35 percent clay in the control section and have
more than 35 percent chert fragments throughout the profile
Dewey and Waynesboro soils, which have less than 15 percent rock fragments in the
control section