Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

190 Soil Survey
roots and common coarse roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent
metasandstone fragments; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2—32 to 40 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine, fine, and medium
and common coarse roots; common faint and few distinct clay films on faces of
peds; 35 percent metasandstone and quartzite fragments; strongly acid; gradual
wavy boundary.
BC—40 to 60 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine, fine, and medium roots;
70 percent metasandstone and quartzite fragments; strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 42 to more than 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent above 40 inches and 20 to 80 percent
below 40 inches
Reaction: Strongly acid throughout
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 or 3
E or BE horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4
Texture—gravelly fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loam
Bt horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—very gravelly sandy clay loam, gravelly sandy loam, gravelly sandy clay
loam, sandy loam, loam, or clay loam
Mottles—none to common in shades brown and yellow
BC horizon:
Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 5, and chroma of 6
Texture—extremely gravelly sandy loam, very gravelly sandy loam, or gravelly
sandy loam
Mottles—none to common in shades of red and brown
Junaluska Series
Major land resource area: Southern Blue Ridge
Landform: Mountains
Parent material: Residuum from phyllite and metasandstone
Depth class: Moderately deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 5 to 70 percent slopes
Classification: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Cataska and Tsali soils, which have phyllite and metasandstone bedrock at a depth
of 10 to 20 inches
Cheoah soils, which have an umbric epipedon, do not have argillic horizons, and
have phyllite and metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches