Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 191
Edneytown, Jefferson, and Shelocta soils, which have bedrock at a depth of more
than 60 inches
Lily soils, which have lithic metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Pigeonroost soils, which have B horizons with a hue of 7.5YR or yellower and have
metamorphic or igneous bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Typical Pedon
Junaluska loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes; 1.0 mile east on Georgia Highway 52 from the
intersection with U.S. Highway 411 in Chatsworth, Georgia, 5.0 miles north on Holly
Creek and Cool Springs Road, 2.9 miles east on dirt road, site is 200 feet south of
road; Murray County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Crandall, GA (1979);
lat. 34 degrees 47 minutes 42 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 42 minutes 02
seconds W.
Ap—0 to 5 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable;
many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; few fine flakes of mica; 14 percent
channers of phyllite; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt1—5 to 16 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay loam; weak fine and
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine and fine and few
medium and coarse roots; few fine flakes of mica; 25 percent channers of phyllite;
very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2—16 to 29 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) channery silty clay loam; weak medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine flakes of mica; 20 percent channers of
phyllite; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Cr—29 to 60 inches; multicolored fractured phyllite and metasandstone bedrock
bedded at angles up to 30 degrees.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 0 to 39 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 40 inches
Content of rock fragments: 10 to 35 percent throughout
Reaction: Very strongly acid throughout
A horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 3 to 6
Bt horizon:
Color—hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—channery sandy clay loam, channery silty clay loam, silty clay loam, or
clay loam
Cr horizon:
Type of bedrock—multicolored, fractured phyllite and metasandstone bedded at
angles ranging from 10 to 90 degrees
Ketona Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Flood plains, flats, and depressions
Parent material: Alluvium and residuum from limestone
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Poorly drained
Seasonal high water table: Apparent; at a depth of 0.5 to 1.0 foot
Permeability: Slow