It is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam or the channery analogs. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid. Hixton soils have a 3BC or 3C horizon, or both. Some pedons have a 3BC horizon with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8. It is loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sand, fine sand, or the channery analogs.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid.
The 3C horizon has color like the 3BC horizon described above. It is sand, fine sand, or the channery analogs. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid. The 3Cr horizon has color like the 3BC horizon described above. It is sandstone and is a paralithic contact.