Chelsea loamy fine sand on a convex slope of about 7 percent in woods. Solum thickness ranges from 4 to many feet. Some pedons have mottles below a depth of 40 inches. Sand is dominantly fine sand to a depth of 40 inches. Some pedons have material as coarse as gravel below a depth of 40 inches.
Reaction is moderately acid or strongly acid in the most acid part.
The A1 or Ap horizons range considerably in thickness and color because these soils are very susceptible to wind erosion, and rodent activity is intense. A horizons up to 6 inches thick. Cultivated and eroded areas have Ap horizons that have value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 2 to 4. The A horizon typically is loamy fine sand but is fine sand in some pedons. Some pedons have a Bw horizon with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6.