Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

200 Soil Survey
Panama Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges
Parent material: Colluvium from sandstone over residuum from shale
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderately slow
Slope range: 15 to 60 percent
Classification: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Paleudults
Geographically Associated Soils
Allen soils, which have less than 15 percent rock fragments in the control section
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
Hector soils, which have sandstone bedrock at a depth of 10 to 20 inches
Nella soils, which have 15 to 35 percent rock fragments throughout the profile
Nauvoo soils, which have less than 15 percent rock fragments in the control section
and have sandstone or interbedded sandstone and shale bedrock at a depth of 40 to
60 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
Panama very gravelly fine sandy loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes; 3.7 miles southwest of
Interstate 75 on Dug Gap Mountain Road, 1.4 miles south on Hurricane Road,
approximately 100 feet south on South Hurricane Road, in road cut on left side of
road; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Villanow, GA (1993);
lat. 34 degrees 44 minutes 54 seconds N. and long. 85 degrees 01 minute 54 seconds
W.
A—0 to 5 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak
fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse
roots; 40 percent sandstone fragments; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.
E—5 to 13 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium
granular structure; friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 20
percent sandstone fragments; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.
BE—13 to 29 inches; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) extremely gravelly fine sandy loam;
weak medium granular structure and weak fine subangular blocky structure;
friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 60 percent sandstone
fragments; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt—29 to 55 inches; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine and fine and few
medium and coarse roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent
sandstone fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
2Bt—55 to 80 inches; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) channery silty clay loam; common
medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky
structure; firm; common very fine and fine and few medium and coarse roots;
common distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent shale and sandstone
fragments; very strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: More than 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches