Soil Survey of Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia

218 Soil Survey
Range in Characteristics
Thickness of the solum: 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 15 percent throughout
Reaction: Strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout, except where lime has been
applied
Ap horizon:
Color—hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 or 6
BE horizon (where present):
Color—hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 6
Texture—silt loam or loam
Bt horizon (upper part):
Color—hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 6
Texture—sandy clay loam, clay loam, or clay
Mottles—none to common in shades of red, yellow, and brown
Bt horizon (lower part):
Color—hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 6 or 8
Texture—clay loam or clay
Mottles—few to many in shades of red, yellow, and brown
Whitwell Series
Major land resource area: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
Landform: Stream terraces and flood plains
Parent material: Loamy alluvium
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Moderately well drained
Seasonal high water table: Apparent; at a depth of 1.5 to 3.0 feet
Permeability: Moderate
Slope range: 0 to 6 percent
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
Geographically Associated Soils
Arkabutla and Chenneby soils, which are fine-silty and are somewhat poorly drained
Capshaw soils, which have more than 35 percent clay in the control section and
have limestone bedrock at a depth of 40 to 80 inches
Docena soils, which are fine-silty
Sequatchie soils, which are well drained and have an umbric epipedon
Shellbluff soils, which are fine-silty and are well drained
Typical Pedon
Whitwell silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded; 0.2 mile south on
Beaverdale Road from junction of Beaverdale Road and Georgia Highway 2, about 3.3
miles south on River Road, 2,000 feet southeast on farm road in Conasauga River
flood plain; Whitfield County, Georgia; USGS topographic quadrangle, Chatsworth, GA
(1972); lat. 34 degrees 52 minutes 07 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 49 minutes 49
seconds W.
Ap—0 to 4 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure;
friable; many very fine and fine and common medium roots; few quartz gravel;
moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.