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Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

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184 <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Survey</strong><br />

Guthrie Series<br />

Major l<strong>and</strong> resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges <strong>and</strong> Valleys<br />

L<strong>and</strong>form: Flood plains, flats, <strong>and</strong> depressions<br />

Parent material: Silty alluvium from cherty limestone<br />

Depth class: Very deep<br />

Drainage class: Poorly drained<br />

Seasonal high water table: Apparent; at a depth <strong>of</strong> 0.5 to 1.0 foot<br />

Permeability: Slow<br />

Slope range: 0 to 2 percent<br />

Classification: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Fragiaquults<br />

Geographically Associated <strong>Soil</strong>s<br />

Bodine, Dewey, Fullerton, <strong>and</strong> Minvale soils, which are on the higher l<strong>and</strong>scapes <strong>and</strong><br />

are well drained<br />

Shack soils, which are on the higher l<strong>and</strong>scapes <strong>and</strong> are moderately well drained<br />

Wax soils, which are moderately well drained<br />

Typical Pedon<br />

Guthrie silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded; 0.5 mile east <strong>of</strong> Catoosa-<br />

<strong>Whitfield</strong> county line on <strong>Georgia</strong> Highway 2, about 0.3 mile north on Lake Kathy Road,<br />

0.7 mile northeast on St<strong>and</strong>ing Road, 50 feet east <strong>of</strong> road in narrow drainageway;<br />

<strong>Whitfield</strong> County, <strong>Georgia</strong>; USGS topographic quadrangle, Ringgold, GA-TN (1946);<br />

lat. 34 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds N. <strong>and</strong> long. 85 degrees 00 minutes 13<br />

seconds W.<br />

A—0 to 3 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular<br />

structure; very friable; many fine <strong>and</strong> medium <strong>and</strong> common coarse roots; strongly<br />

acid; gradual smooth boundary.<br />

Eg—3 to 7 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium granular<br />

structure; very friable; many fine, common medium, <strong>and</strong> few coarse roots;<br />

common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses <strong>of</strong> oxidized iron;<br />

few medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; strongly acid;<br />

clear smooth boundary.<br />

Btg1—7 to 18 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular<br />

blocky structure; friable; many fine <strong>and</strong> common medium roots; common faint clay<br />

films on faces <strong>of</strong> peds; 5 percent small chert fragments; common medium<br />

prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses <strong>of</strong> oxidized iron; strongly acid;<br />

gradual wavy boundary.<br />

Btg2—18 to 25 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular<br />

blocky structure; friable; few fine <strong>and</strong> common medium roots; common faint clay<br />

films on faces <strong>of</strong> peds; 10 percent small chert fragments; common medium<br />

prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) <strong>and</strong> few medium distinct light yellowish brown<br />

(10YR 6/4) masses <strong>of</strong> oxidized iron; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.<br />

Btxg1—25 to 33 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) very gravelly silty clay loam; weak<br />

medium <strong>and</strong> coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; few roots; common faint<br />

clay films on faces <strong>of</strong> prisms; 45 percent small <strong>and</strong> medium chert fragments <strong>and</strong><br />

manganese concretions; common medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8)<br />

<strong>and</strong> strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses <strong>of</strong> oxidized iron; strongly acid; gradual wavy<br />

boundary.<br />

Btxg2—33 to 40 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) very gravelly silty clay loam; weak<br />

medium <strong>and</strong> coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; few fine roots; common<br />

faint clay films on faces <strong>of</strong> prisms; 55 percent small <strong>and</strong> medium chert fragments<br />

<strong>and</strong> manganese concretions; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR<br />

5/8) masses <strong>of</strong> oxidized iron; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

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