Kenesaw soils formed in recent loess on uplands and stream terraces. The typical topography is nearly level or low hummocky with a poorly developed drainage pattern. Slope gradients typically are 0 to 7 percent but range from 0 to 11 percent. Climate is subhumid. These are the Coly , Gates , Hersh , Holdrege , Ortello , Rusco , Thurman , and Valentine soils.
Coly soils are fine-silty, lack a mollic epipedon, and are in side slopes to drainageways.
Gates soils are slightly higher in the landscape. Hersh soils are coarse-loamy, lack a mollic epipedon, and are higher than Kenesaw soils. Holdrege soils are fine-silty, have an argillic horizon, and are on tablelands and side slopes to drainageways. Ortello soils are coarse-loamy. Rusco soils have an argillic horizon and are not as well drained.