Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 205
Geographically Associated Soils
Bodine soils, which are somewhat excessively drained, do not have fragic
properties, and have more than 35 percent chert fragments throughout the profile
Dewey soils, which have more than 35 percent clay and less than 15 percent chert
fragments in the control section and do not have fragic properties
Fullerton soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and do
not have fragic properties
Guthrie soils, which are on flood plains, on flats, and in depressions and are poorly
drained
Minvale soils, which do not have fragic properties and are well drained
Wax soils, which are in drainageways and on low terraces
Typical Pedon
Shack gravelly silt loam, in an area of Shack-Minvale-Bodine complex, 6 to 15 percent
slopes; 0.7 mile north on Georgia Highway 71 from the intersection of Georgia
Highway 2 and Georgia Highway 71, about 3.0 miles northeast on McGaughey Chapel
Road, 0.6 mile east on Clark Hill Road, 200 feet north of Clark Hill Road; Whitfield
County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Cohutta, GA-TN (1972); lat. 34
degrees 56 minutes 17 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 56 minutes 08 seconds W.
A—0 to 6 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure;
very friable; common very fine, fine, and medium roots; 15 percent chert
fragments; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
BA—6 to 15 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly silt loam; weak medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine, fine, and medium roots; 20
percent chert fragments; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt—15 to 22 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine and few fine roots; few
faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent chert fragments; very strongly acid;
clear wavy boundary.
Btx—22 to 29 inches; variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/3),
and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky
structure; firm; brittle; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent chert
fragments; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
B´t1—29 to 45 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; common
medium faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent chert fragments;
very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
B´t2—45 to 60 inches; red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly silty clay loam; common medium
distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent chert fragments;
very strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: More than 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 15 to 35 percent chert fragments throughout
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout, except where lime has been
applied
Other distinctive features: Depth to layers with fragic properties ranges from 20 to 40
inches from surface
A or Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 or 3