At the type location the average annual precipitation is 12 inches, with peak periods of precipitation during the spring and summer. These are the Gateview and Cebolia soils. Gateview soils have mollic epipedons more than 16 inches thick, and have more than 35 percent coarse fragments. Cebolia soils have fine textured argillic horizons. These soils are used principally as native pastureland.
Native vegetation is mainly big sagebrush, dryland sedge, and slim stem muhly.
The series is of moderate extent. Saguache County, Colorado, 1974.