Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 189
BE horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 or 6
Texture—fine sandy loam or loam
Mottles—none to common in shades of red and brown
Bt horizon (upper part):
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 8; or variegated
in shades of red and brown
Texture—loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam
Mottles—none to many in shades of red and brown
Bt horizon (lower part):
Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 6 or 8; or variegated in
shades of red, yellow, brown, and gray
Texture—sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam
Mottles—few to many in shades of red, yellow, brown, and gray
Jefferson Series
Major land resource area: Southern Blue Ridge
Landform: Mountains
Parent material: Colluvium and residuum of metasandstone
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Slope range: 25 to 70 percent slopes
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Lily soils, which have metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Junaluska soils, which have phyllite and metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 20 to
40 inches
Cataska and Tsali soils, which have phyllite and metasandstone bedrock at a depth
of 10 to 20 inches
Typical Pedon
Jefferson gravelly sandy loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes; 2.75 miles south of Georgia-
Tennessee state line on U.S. Highway 411, about 5.0 miles east on Old Georgia
Highway 2, about 1.0 mile northwest on U.S. Forest Service road, in road bank on left
side of road; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Tennga, GA-
TN (1968); lat. 34 degrees 57 minutes 44 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 41 minutes
31 seconds W.
A—0 to 5 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine
and medium granular structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and
coarse roots; 30 percent metasandstone and quartzite rocks; strongly acid; clear
wavy boundary.
E—5 to 10 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular
blocky structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 10
percent metasandstone and quartzite fragments; strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Bt1—10 to 32 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine
and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine, fine, and medium