Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

196 Soil Survey
Depth class: Shallow
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 6 to 60 percent slopes
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, subactive, thermic, shallow Typic Dystrudepts
Geographically Associated Soils
Albertville, Cunningham, and Enders soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in
the control section and have shale bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches
Conasauga soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section, are
moderately well drained, and have shale bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Townley soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and have
shale or interbedded sandstone and shale bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Typical Pedon
Montevallo very channery loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes; 1.5 miles north of the
Coosawattee River on U.S. Highway 411, about 0.6 mile northwest on county dirt road,
500 feet north of dirt road on timber harvest road, in road cut on north side of road;
Murray County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Ramhurst, GA (1979); lat. 34
degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 43 minutes 28 seconds W.
A—0 to 5 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very channery loam; weak fine
granular structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots; 35 percent shale
channers; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw—5 to 10 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery loam; weak fine
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine and medium roots; 50 percent shale
channers; very strongly acid; clear irregular boundary.
Cr—10 to 60 inches; multicolored, rippable shale bedrock.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 10 to 20 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: 10 to 20 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 15 to 40 percent shale fragments in the A or Ap horizon
and 40 to 70 percent shale fragments in the Bw horizon
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4
Bw horizon
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 or 6
Texture—very channery loam, very channery clay loam, extremely channery loam,
or extremely channery silty clay loam
Cr horizon:
Type of bedrock—multicolored, rippable shale
Nauvoo Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges
Parent material: Residuum from sandstone or interbedded sandstone and shale
Slope range: 6 to 35 percent
Depth class: Deep