Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 197
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Allen soils, which have sandstone bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Hector soils, which have sandstone bedrock at a depth of 10 to 20 inches
Holston soils, which have B horizons with a hue of 7.5YR or yellower and have
bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Nella soils, which have 15 to 35 percent rock fragments throughout the profile and
have bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Panama soils, which have more than 35 percent rock fragments in the control
section and have bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Sipsey soils, which have B horizons in hues of 7.5YR or yellower and have
sandstone and interbedded sandstone and shale bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40
inches
Typical Pedon
Nauvoo fine sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes; 8.3 miles south of the Georgia-
Tennessee state line on U.S. Highway 411, about 0.4 mile west on Hawkins Branch
Road, approximately 30 feet north of road; Murray County, Georgia; USGS
topographic quadrangle, Chatsworth, GA (1972); lat. 34 degrees 52 minutes 14
seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 45 minutes 37 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 5 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure;
very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 5 percent sandstone
fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
BE—5 to 12 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 5 percent
sandstone fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt—12 to 29 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; common medium distinct
brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; many very fine and fine and few medium roots; common faint
clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary
BC—29 to 56 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam with pockets of loamy
sand; common medium faint red (2.5YR 4/8) and common medium distinct
brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; common faint clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid;
clear abrupt boundary.
Cr—56 to 60 inches; brownish yellow rippable sandstone bedrock.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 40 to 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: 40 to 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent, except in the BC and C horizons, which
range from 0 to 30 percent
Reaction: Very strongly acid throughout, except where lime has been applied
A horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 or 3
BE horizon:
Color—hue 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 or 6