Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 195
Typical Pedon
Minvale gravelly silt loam, in an area of Shack-Minvale-Bodine complex, 6 to 15
percent slopes; 2.2 miles south of Georgia-Tennessee state line on Georgia Highway
71, about 5.8 miles west on Cohutta Road, 1.7 miles north on Fraziers Chapel Road,
0.7 mile west on Ledford Road from intersection of Fraziers Chapel Road and Ledford
Road, in road cut on south side of Ledford Road; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS
topographic quadrangle, Beaverdale, GA-TN (1972); lat. 34 degrees 59 minutes 02
seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 51 minutes 50 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 5 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; common very fine and fine roots; 20 percent chert
fragments; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.
BA—5 to 12 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine
subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; 20 percent
chert fragments; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt1—12 to 40 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silty clay loam; common
medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; few fine and medium roots; common faint clay films on faces of
peds; 30 percent chert fragments; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2—40 to 60 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay; common medium
distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky
structure; firm; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent chert
fragments; 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: 15 to 35 percent chert fragments throughout
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout, except where lime has been
applied
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 or 3
BA or BE horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture—gravelly silt loam, gravelly loam, or gravelly silty clay loam
Bt horizon (upper part):
Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8; or variegated in
shades of red, yellow, and brown
Texture—gravelly silty clay loam or gravelly clay loam
Mottles—none to many in shades of red, yellow, and brown
Bt horizon (lower part):
Color—hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 6 or 8; or variegated
in shades of red, yellow, brown, and gray
Texture—gravelly silty clay loam, gravelly clay loam, or gravelly silty clay
Mottles—few to many in shades of red, yellow, brown, and gray
Montevallo Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges
Parent material: Residuum from shale