Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 209
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 50 percent, except in the A horizon, which ranges 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 3 or 4
Bt horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 6 or 8
Texture—channery loam, channery silty clay loam, gravelly silty clay loam, or silty
clay loam
BC horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 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 or 6, and chroma of 4 or 6; or variegated in shades
of brown and yellow
Texture—very channery loam, very gravelly loam, channery loam, or gravelly silt
loam
Sipsey Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges
Parent material: Loamy residuum from sandstone
Depth class: Moderately deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Depth to seasonal high water table: More than 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 4 to 30 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Albertville soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and
have shale bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches
Nauvoo soils, which have B horizons with a hue of 5YR or redder and have
sandstone or interbedded sandstone and shale bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60
inches
Townley soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and have
shale or interbedded sandstone and shale bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Typical Pedon
Sipsey fine sandy loam, 4 to 15 percent slopes; 5.8 miles south of Georgia-Tennessee
state line on U.S. Highway 411, about 400 feet west on logging road, in road cut on
north side of road; Murray County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Tennga,
GA-TN (1968); lat. 34 degrees 54 minutes 43 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 44
minutes 57 seconds W.
A—0 to 7 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular
structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; strongly
acid; clear wavy boundary.
BA—7 to 16 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular
structure and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very