Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 203
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 0 to 6 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Humic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Docena soils, which do not have an umbric epipedon, are fine-silty, and are
moderately well drained
Holston soils, which do not have an umbric epipedon, have a solum more than 60
inches thick, and are on the higher terraces
Ketona soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and are
poorly drained
Shellbluff soils, which do not have an umbric epipedon, are fine-silty, and are on
flood plains
Waynesboro soils, which do not have an umbric epipedon, have more than 35
percent clay in the control section, have B horizons with a hue of 5YR or redder, and
have a solum more than 60 inches thick
Whitwell soils, which do not have an umbric epipedon and are moderately well
drained
Typical Pedon
Sequatchie loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded; 0.8 mile east on
Loughridge Road from intersection of U.S. Highway 411 and Loughridge Road, site is
25 feet south of Loughridge Road; Murray County, Georgia; USGS topographic
quadrangle, Crandall, GA (1971); lat. 34 degrees 50 minutes 55 seconds N. and long.
84 degrees 44 minutes 30 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 9 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; very
friable; many very fine, common fine, and few medium roots; strongly acid; clear
smooth boundary.
BA—9 to 15 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; common medium distinct
yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure;
friable; few very fine, common fine, and few medium roots; 2 percent gravel;
strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt1—15 to 26 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; weak medium subangular
blocky structure; friable; common fine and few medium roots; few soft manganese
concretions; few faint clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Bt2—26 to 34 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate coarse
subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common faint and few prominent
clay films on faces of peds; common medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses
of oxidized iron; few fine distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions;
few soft manganese concretions; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt3—34 to 43 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate coarse
subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common faint and few distinct clay
films on faces of peds; common medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8)
masses of oxidized iron; few medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron
depletions; many soft manganese concretions; very strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.
Bt4—43 to 55 inches; variegated red (2.5YR 4/8), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brownish
yellow (10YR 6/8), and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay loam; moderate