Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 207
Typical Pedon
Shellbluff silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded; 3.2 miles north of
intersection of U.S. Highway 76 and Georgia Highway 286 on Georgia Highway 86,
about 3.0 miles northeast on Lower Kings Bridge Road, 350 feet north and 580 feet
east of bridge over Conasauga River; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS topographic
quadrangle, Chatsworth, GA (1972); lat. 34 degrees 51 minutes 16 seconds N. and
long. 84 degrees 50 minutes 20 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 7 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very
friable; common very fine and many fine roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth
boundary.
AB—7 to 19 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure;
friable; common very fine and fine roots; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bw1—19 to 29 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic
structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; common very fine
and fine roots; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bw2—29 to 41 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse
prismatic structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; common
very fine and fine roots; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bw3—41 to 50 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; few medium faint yellowish
brown (10YR 5/4) iron depletions; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
BC1—50 to 64 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; few fine distinct
strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; common medium faint light
olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) iron depletions; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
BC2—64 to 80 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y
6/2), and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and (2.5Y 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak
medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; very strongly
acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 46 to more than 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 5 percent throughout
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout
Ap or A horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4
AB horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4, and chroma of 3 or 4
Bw horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8; or variegated in shades
of yellow, brown, and gray
Texture—silt loam, loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam
Redoximorphic features—none to common in shades of yellow, brown, and gray
BC or C horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4, and chroma of 3 or 4; or variegated in shades of
yellow, brown, and gray
Texture—fine sandy loam, silt loam, or loam
Redoximorphic features—few to many in shades of yellow, brown, and gray