Reaction ranges from very strongly acid through moderately acid. The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 3 through 6. Texture is coarse sand, sand, or loamy sand in the fine-earth fraction or it is stratified sand and gravel. Layers of loamy fine sand are present in some pedons. Some pedons also have a loamy 3C horizon below 40 inches with fine-earth textures of sandy loam or fine sandy loam.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid through neutral.
Neutral reactions are restricted to depths greater than 30 inches. These are the Amostown , Ashe , Bernardston , Broadbrook , Brookfield , Cardigan , Chadakoin , Charlton , Chestnut , Chatfield , Cheshire , Ditney , Dutchess , Edneyville , Fedscreek , Hazel , Lordstown , Maplecrest , Maymead , Montauk , Nantucket , Newport , Paxton , Pollux , Satsop , St. Albans , Stecoah , Steinsburg , Valois , Wethersfield , and Yalesville series in the same family. Amostown and Pollux soils are underlain by stratified very fine sand or silt within a depth of 40 inches. Ashe , Cardigan , Chatfield , Ditney , Hazel , Lordstown , Steinsburg , and Yalesville soils are 20 to 40 inches deep to bedrock. Bernardston , Broadbrook , Chadakoin , Montauk , Nantucket , Newport , Paxton , and Wethersfield soils have very dense substrata.