Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia 215
roots; 30 percent phyllite and metasandstone channers; very strongly acid; clear
wavy boundary.
Bt—4 to 14 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular
blocky structure; friable; common very fine and fine and few medium and coarse
roots; many faint and common distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent
phyllite and metasandstone channers; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Cr—14 to 60 inches; multicolored, rippable, interbedded phyllite and metasandstone
bedded at angles up to 60 degrees
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 10 to 20 inches
Depth to soft bedrock: 10 to 20 inches
Depth to hard bedrock: More than 30 inches
Content of rock fragments: 0 to 35 percent in all horizons
Reaction: Very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout
A horizon:
Color—hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 3 to 6
Bt horizon:
Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 6 or 8
Texture—channery loam, channery sandy clay loam, channery clay loam, or clay
loam
Cr horizon:
Type of bedrock—multicolored, rippable, interbedded metasedimentary and
phyllite rocks bedded from 10 to 90 degrees
Wax Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Drainageways
Parent material: Loamy alluvium from cherty limestone
Depth class: Moderately deep
Drainage class: Moderately well drained
Seasonal high water table: Perched; at a depth of 1.5 to 3.0 feet
Permeability: Slow
Slope range: 0 to 6 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Fragiudults
Geographically Associated Soils
Bodine soils, which are somewhat excessively drained, have more than 35 percent
chert fragments throughout the profile, do not have fragic properties, and are on
adjacent uplands
Dewy soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section, are well
drained, do not have fragic properties, and are on adjacent uplands
Guthrie soils, which are poorly drained
Fullerton soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section, are well
drained, do not have fragic properties, and are on adjacent uplands
Minvale soils, which have 15 to 35 percent chert fragments in the control section, are
well drained, do not have fragic properties, and are in the higher landscape positions
Shack soils, which have 15 to 35 percent chert fragments in the control section and
are on adjacent uplands
Subligna soils, which are well drained, do not have fragic properties, and have more
than 35 percent rock fragments throughout the profile