The organic matter in the surface layer is low. Permeability is low and surface runoff is slow. The subsoil is strongly acid to neutral. Depth to bedrock is more than 60 inches. Depth to the season high water table is only 0.5 foot to 2 feet in winter and early spring.
Flooding is for brief periods late in winter and early in spring.
This soil type occurs in the eastern top of the County. Well drained soils on broad ridges and strongly sloping side slopes. The underlying material to a depth of 110 inches is brownish yellow, yellowish red, and strong brown silt loam. By volume, it is about 75 percent rock fragments and fractured rock that is slightly weathered fine-grained Carolina slate rock. The organic matter content is low in the surface layer.