Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 185
Btxg3—40 to 60 inches; light gray (10YR 7/1) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate
medium prismatic structure; firm; few fine roots; common faint clay films on faces
of peds; 40 percent small and medium chert fragments and manganese
concretions; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of
oxidized iron; strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 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 15 percent, except in the Btxg horizons, which range
from 0 to 60 percent
Depth to layer with fragic properties: 20 to 40 inches
Reaction: Strongly acid or moderately acid throughout
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 or 3
Eg horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2
Redoximorphic features—few to many in shades of brown and gray
Btg horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 2 or less
Redoximorphic features—few to many in shades of yellow, brown, and gray
Btxg horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 6 or 7, and chroma of 2 or less; or
variegated in shades of red, yellow, brown, and gray
Texture—very gravelly silt loam, very gravelly silty clay loam, gravelly silty loam, or
gravelly silty clay loam
Redoximorphic features—few to common in shades of red, yellow, brown, and
gray
Hanceville Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges
Parent material: Residuum from sandstone with thin strata of shale and siltstone
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 30 percent
Classification: Fine, mixed, subactive, thermic Rhodic Paleudults
Geographically Associated Soils
Dewey soils, which do not have dark red colors throughout the upper part of the
subsoil and have limestone bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Enders soils, which do not have dark red colors throughout the upper part of the
subsoil and have shale bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches
Fullerton soils, which do not have dark red colors throughout the upper part of the
subsoil and have 15 to 35 percent chert fragments in the control section
Waynesboro soils, which are on old stream terraces, do not have dark red colors
throughout the upper part of the subsoil, and have more than 20 percent sand in the
control section