Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 211
Typical Pedon
Subligna extremely gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded;
0.6 mile north of U.S. Highway 136 on Chestnut Mountain Road, 40 feet west of road
on east side of creek bank; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle,
Sugar Valley, GA (1981); lat. 34 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds N. and long. 85
degrees 02 minutes 52 seconds W.
A—0 to 4 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak
fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse
roots; 60 percent sandstone gravel; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw—4 to 16 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak
medium granular structure and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable;
many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 70 percent sandstone gravel; very
strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.
C—16 to 60 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) extremely gravelly loamy sand;
massive; very friable; few very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; 70 percent
sandstone gravel; strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 16 to 45 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 35 to 85 percent throughout
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout
A horizon:
Color—hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 to 4
E horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4
Texture—extremely gravelly sandy loam or gravelly loam
Bw horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 or 6
Texture—extremely gravelly sandy loam, extremely gravelly silt loam, very gravelly
fine sandy loam, or very gravelly silt loam
Mottles—none to few in shades of brown
C horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8; or variegated
in shades of brown, yellow, and gray
Texture—extremely gravelly loamy sand, or extremely gravelly sandy loam
Mottles—none to many in shades of brown, yellow, and gray
Suches Series
Major land resource area: Southern Blue Ridge
Landform: Flood plains
Parent material: Alluvium from metasedimentary and metamorphic rocks
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Well drained
Seasonal high water table: Apparent; at a depth of 3.0 to 6.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 0 to 2 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Fluventic Dystrudepts