Hosmer silt loam on a 4 percent convex west-facing slope in a cultivated field. The depth to the base of the argillic horizon ranges from 50 to more than 80 inches. Depth to the fragipan ranges from 20 to 36 inches. The particle-size control section averages from 16 to 33 percent clay and 2 to 15 percent sand. It is commonly silt loam, except some severely eroded pedons are silty clay loam.
Reaction is strongly acid in unlimed areas, and ranges to neutral in limed areas.
An E horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 6. Reaction ranges from moderately acid to very strongly acid. It is silt loam or silty clay loam. Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid. Structure is moderate to strong, coarse or very coarse prismatic with firm or very firm consistence.