Deerfield loamy sand in a cultivated field. 42 degrees 35 minutes 35 seconds N. and long. 72 degrees 30 minutes 50 seconds W., NAD 27. Solum thickness ranges from 15 to 40 inches. Gravel, generally fine pebbles, ranges from 0 to 15 percent in the solum and 0 to 20 percent in the substratum.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid through slightly acid unless limed.
Iron depletions with chroma of two or less are between depths of 15 and 40 inches from the mineral soil surface. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. It is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy fine sand, loamy sand, fine sand, or sand. Undisturbed pedons commonly have an 0 horizon, and a thin sequence of A, E, and Bs, Bhs or Bh horizons, or an AB horizon. The Ap or A horizon has very weak or weak, very fine to medium granular structure.