The Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4. The Bt horizon typically is loam or silt loam with 18 or more percent clay, but in some pedons it is sandy loam with 18 to 20 percent clay or is sandy clay loam. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid. The 2Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR and value and chroma of 4 to 6. 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.