Slopes range from 0 to 60 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 31 inches. Gale silt loam - on a convex north facing 15 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of about 1000 feet. Thickness of the loess mantle, depth to the base of the argillic horizon, and depth to siliceous sandy residuum all range from 15 to 39 inches. Depth to the paralithic contact with siliceous sandstone ranges from 20 to 40 inches.
Coarse fragments are absent in the loess mantle.
Volume of sandstone channers ranges from 0 to 35 percent in the 2Bt, 3BC, and 3C horizons. Angular sandstone flagstones and stones are on the surface in some areas and a stony phase is recognized. Reaction commonly ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid throughout but ranges to neutral in the upper part, where the soil is limed. The Ap horizon has value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 2 or 3. Where the value moist is 3, the dry value is 6 or more.