The Ap horizon typically has hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. Noncultivated areas have an A horizon 2 to 5 inches thick that is 10YR hue with value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 or 2. Texture is sand, loamy sand, or sandy loam. The C horizon typically has 10YR hue with value and chroma of 4 to 6. Mottles of 10YR or 2.5Y hue and 3 chroma or higher are not excluded if present below a depth of 24 inches.
Texture is sand or loamy sand.
Very thin strata of less sandy material are present above a depth of 40 inches in some pedons. These are the Abscota , Biltmore , Caesar , Chute , Dabney , Hodge , Oakville , Penwood , Pinegrove , Plainfield , Sarpy , Spessard , Suncook , Tyner , Westport , and Windsor soils. Abscota soils have a loamy sand Bw horizon with weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure and also range to slightly alkaline in the series control section. Biltmore soils have flakes of mica within the series control section. Bw horizons within 40 inches of the surface.