Slopes range from 0 to 5 percent. The mean annual temperature is about 56 degrees F., and the mean annual precipitation is about 36 inches. Jemerson silt loam - on a slope of about 2 percent in red clover at an elevation of 585 feet. These soils average 5 to 15 percent sand and 22 to 27 percent clay in the particle size control section. An E horizon, if present, has value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 3.
Reaction is strongly acid to neutral.
Sand content is less than 10 percent. The Bt and BC horizons have hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 3 to 6 in, but can be 2 chroma below depths of 40 inches. Texture commonly is silt loam or silty clay loam, but can be loam in the lower part. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral in the upper part and very strongly acid to slightly alkaline in the lower part. The 2Bt, where present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 3 to 6.