Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 201
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 10 to 60 percent in the A, AB, BE, and E horizons; 35 to 50
percent in the Bt horizon; and 20 to 50 percent in the 2Bt horizon
Reaction: Slightly acid to very strongly acid throughout
A horizon:
Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 to 4
E horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 3 or 4
Texture—extremely gravelly fine sandy loam, very gravelly fine sandy loam,
gravelly fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or gravelly loam
BE or AB horizon:
Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 or 4
Texture—extremely gravelly fine sandy loam, very gravelly fine sandy loam,
gravelly fine sandy loam, sandy loam, gravelly loam, or loam
Bt horizon:
Color—hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 or 6
Texture—very gravelly sandy clay loam
2Bt horizon:
Color—hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—very gravelly silty clay loam, channery silty clay loam, or silty clay loam
Mottles—none to common in shades of red and brown
Pigeonroost Series
Major land resource area: Southern Blue Ridge
Landform: Mountains
Parent material: Residuum from high-grade metamorphic or igneous rocks
Depth class: Moderately deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 5 to 15 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Cheoah soils, which have umbric epipedons, do not have argillic horizons, and have
phyllite and metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches
Edneytown soils, which have bedrock at a depth of more than 60 inches
Junaluska soils, which have B horizons of 7.5YR or redder and have phyllite and
metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Cataska soils, which are loamy-skeletal and are shallow to bedrock
Edgemont soils, which are derived from metasandstone and quartzite
Tsali soils, which have phyllite and metasandstone bedrock at a depth of 10 to 20
inches
Typical Pedon
Pigeonroost loam, in an area of Pigeonroost-Cheoah complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes;
4.1 miles south on Mountain Road from intersection of Georgia Highway 52 and
Mountain Road, 4.0 miles east on Peoples Lake Road, 0.3 mile northeast on
secondary Forest Service road, 100 feet east of road; Murray County, Georgia; USGS