Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 193
Note: The Ketona soils in this survey area are taxadjuncts to the series because
they have a color value that ranges to 4 in the A horizon. This difference does not
significantly affect the use and management of these soils.
Lily Series
Major land resource area: Southern Blue Ridge
Landform: Mountains
Parent material: Residuum from metasandstone
Depth class: Moderately deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Slope range: 5 to 25 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, 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
Edneytown soils, which have metamorphic or igneous bedrock at a depth of more
than 60 inches
Jefferson soils, which have metasandstone bedrock at a depth of more than 60
inches
Junaluska soils, which have B horizons with a hue of 7.5YR or redder and have
paralithic phyllite and metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Typical Pedon
Lily fine sandy loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes, rubbly; 2.2 miles northeast on Fort
Mountain State Park Road from junction of Georgia Highway 52 and Fort Mountain
State Park entrance, 150 feet north from Fort Mountain State Park Road parking area;
Murray County, GA; USGS topographic quadrangle, Crandall, GA (1979); lat. 34
degrees 46 minutes 48 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 5 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; strongly
acid; clear smooth boundary.
BA—5 to 10 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular
blocky structure; friable; many very fine and fine and common medium and coarse
roots; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt1—10 to 14 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak fine
subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine and fine and few coarse roots;
few faint clay films on faces of peds; few pockets of highly weathered
metasandstone rock; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2—14 to 32 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; few fine prominent
pale brown (10YR 6/3) and few medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8)
mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine and
fine and few coarse roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; pockets of highly
weathered metasandstone rock; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
C—32 to 39 inches; variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR
5/8), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), and very pale brown (10YR 8/3) loamy sand with
pockets of sandy loam; loose; very friable; some fragments of decomposing
metasandstone; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.