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. These are the Bixby , Casco , and Fox series. Bixby, Casco, and Fox soils do not have a paralithic contact with sandstone within 60 inches. Hixton soils are on hills on bedrock controlled uplands.