Reaction is very strongly acid to strongly acid. The Bs horizons have hues of 5YR or 7.5YR, value and chroma of 3 or 4. Value and chroma of 3 do not occur together. They are fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, or the gravelly analogues of these textures. Some pedons have 10 to 20 percent of moderately cemented orstein.
Reaction is strongly acid to slightly acid.
The Cr horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 4. Reaction is very strongly acid to neutral. These are the Bangor , Berkshire , Chatham , Groveton , Loon, Oconto , Pence , Rixon , and Vassar series in the same family. All of these lack a lithic contact within 40 inches. Onota soils are on ground moraines and glacial lake benches underlain by sandstone at a depth of 20 to 40 inches.