Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

212 Soil Survey
Geographically Associated Soils
Craigsville soils, which have more than 35 percent rock fragments in the control
section
Shelocta soils, which are on footslopes and benches and have an argillic horizon
Typical Pedon
Suches loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded; 7.6 miles northeast of U.S.
Highway 411 on old Georgia Highway 2, about 200 feet north of road in camp area;
Murray County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Tennga, GA-TN (1968); lat.
34 degrees 58 minutes 46 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 38 minutes 23 seconds W.
Ap—0 to 6 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine and medium granular structure;
very friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; moderately acid;
gradual wavy boundary.
Bw1—6 to 16 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; many very fine, fine, medium, and coarse roots; very strongly
acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bw2—16 to 32 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine and medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine and fine and few medium
roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw3—32 to 45 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine and medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw4—45 to 55 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine and
medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent phyllite channers; very
strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.
2C—55 to 60 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; massive; very
strongly acid.
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 35 to 60 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: More than 60 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 60 inches
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent throughout
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout, except where lime has been
applied
Ap or A horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4
Bw horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture—sandy loam, fine sandy loam, silt loam, loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay
loam, or clay loam
Mottles—none to few in shades of red, yellow, and brown
BC or C horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture—loamy sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, silt loam, sandy clay loam, or
clay loam
Mottles—none to few in shades of red, yellow, brown, and gray
Townley Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Ridges