Bromer silt loam on a nearly level slope in a cultivated field. 38 degrees 39 minutes 29 seconds N., and long. 086 degrees 21 minutes 39 seconds W. NAD 27. The depth to the base of the argillic horizon is more than 80 inches. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 2 to 4.
Texture is silt loam.
Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid in non-limed areas, and ranges to neutral in limed areas. The BE and Bt horizons have hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7 and chroma of 1 to 6, and has redox depletions. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam, and averages 20 to 32 percent clay and 4 to 10 percent sand. Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid. The 2Bt and 2Btx horizons have hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 5 to 7 and chroma of 4 to 8, and has redox depletions.