It is loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam in the fine-earth fraction. Thin AB or BA horizons, where present, have hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 to 4. Textures are the same as for the A horizon. The Bw horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5 and chroma of 4 to 8. Mottles, if they occur, are in shades of red, yellow, or brown.
Texture is loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam or sandy clay loam in the fine-earth fraction.
The BC or CB horizons, where present, have hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. They are loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam in the fine-earth fraction. The C horizon, where present, is variable in color, and is saprolite that has textures of fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy fine sand, loamy sand, or sand in the fine-earth fraction. These are the Cheoah , Colepoint , Crutchfield , Meda , Molalla , Santeetlah , Threeforks , and Tuckasegee series. Cheoah and Santeetlah soils formed in materials weathered from low-grade metasedimentary rocks such as phyllite and slate, and contain fragments of those rocks.