The solum thickness is 30 to 55 inches. It is very strongly acid to medium acid throughout except for the surface layer in limed areas. Fine flakes of mica are few to common throughout. The control section has an average clay content of 35 to 50 percent and an average silt content of 15 to 35 percent. The Ap or A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4.
Texture is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand.
The BA or BE horizons, where present, have hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 or 6, or hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 5, and chroma of 8. It is sandy loam or sandy clay loam. The Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 5YR value of 4 or 5 chroma of 6 or 8. Few to common mottles in shades of brown and yellow are in the Bt horizon of some pedons. Texture is clay, clay loam, sandy clay loam or sandy clay.