The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 4. Texture commonly is loamy sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loamy fine sand, and less commonly fine sand or sand. The E horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 2 to 6. Texture commonly is loamy sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam or loamy fine sand, and less commonly fine sand or sand. The BE horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8.
Texture is sandy loam or fine sandy loam.
The Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 through 8, and chroma of 3 to 8. Texture is mainly sandy clay loam but includes sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or clay loam. In some pedons, the Bt horizon below 40 inches includes layers of sandy clay or clay textures. The lower Bt horizon is commonly mottled. Iron depletions that have chroma of 2 or less are at depths of 4 to 6 feet.