It is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or coarse sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. The Bw1 horizon terminates between depths of 10 and 15 inches. The Bw2 horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6. It is loamy fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy coarse sand in the fine-earth fraction, and silt content is less than 25 percent. The C horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4.
Texture is loamy fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy coarse sand in the fine-earth fraction.
These are the Brandywine and Hoosic series. They formed in residuum from gneiss and do not have stone and boulder erratics. Hoosic soils have water sorted gravel and are stratified throughout the control section. Gloucester soils are on glacial till upland hills and ridges. Slope gradients range from 0 to more than 50 percent.