A pavement of somewhat angular stones and cobbles ranging up to 15 inches in size are on the surface. Soil moisture - Usually dry, moist in some part for short periods during winter and early spring months and for 10 to 20 days cumulative between July and October due to convection storms. Moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline. Clay loam or sandy clay loam. Clay loam or sandy clay loam.
Lime occurs as soft masses or filaments and as concretions in some pedons.
Lyda soils have an E horizon and prismatic primary structure in the upper part of the argillic horizon. Maggie soils are moderately deep to bedrock. Stingdorn and Tokoper soils have bedrock within 20 inches of the surface. Tomel soils have 35 to 50 percent pebbles in the particle-size control section. Silverbow soils are on mountain footslopes, alluvial fans, ballenas, hills and alluvial fan piedmonts.