Useful silt loam - on a convex slope of 12 percent at an elevation of 850 feet. Depth to a lithic contact is 40 and 60 inches. The particle-size control section averages 35 to 50 percent clay. The mean annual soil temperature at 20 inches is 55 to 59 degrees F. The A or Ap horizon has color value of 3 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 4. Where the value of the A or Ap horizon is 3 and chroma is 3 or less moist, dry value is 6 or more.
Reaction is strongly acid to slightly acid.
The E or BE horizon, where present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 6. It is silt loam. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 5 and chroma of 3 to 8. Chroma is as low as 2 in the layer immediately above the 2Bt horizon.