Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

202 Soil Survey
topographic quadrangle, Ramhurst, GA (1979); lat. 34 degrees 44 minutes 52 seconds
N. and long. 84 degrees 40 minutes 15 seconds W.
A—0 to 6 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; very
friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 5 percent gravel; strongly
acid; clear wavy boundary.
BA—6 to 12 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium
granular structure and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many
very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 10 percent gravel; very strongly acid;
gradual wavy boundary.
Bt1—12 to 24 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak
fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine, fine, medium, and
coarse roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent gravel; very strongly
acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2—24 to 34 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common faint clay films on faces of
peds; 25 percent phyllite or sandstone channers; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy
boundary.
Cr—34 to 44 inches; metamorphic, rippable bedrock.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 15 to 40 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 40 inches
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 50 percent, except in the A, BA, and BE horizons,
which range from 0 to 35 percent
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4
BA or BE horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 6, and chroma of 4 or 6
Texture—fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loam
Bt horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture—channery silty clay loam, channery clay loam, gravelly sandy clay loam,
or clay loam
BC horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 or 6
Texture—channery silty clay loam, gravelly silty clay loam, or silty clay loam
C horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 6
Texture—very channery loam, very gravelly loam, channery loam, or gravelly silt
loam
Cr horizon:
Type of bedrock—rippable, metamorphic rock
Sequatchie Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Stream terraces
Parent material: Alluvium from sedimentary rocks