The latitude is North 36 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds. Laurel Springs Quadrangle. The solum ranges from 20 to 60 inches thick. Depth to bedrock is greater than 60 inches. Content of coarse fragments ranges from 0 to 35 percent in the A, Ap, AB, or E horizon, and 0 to 15 percent in the B horizon.
Reaction is very strongly acid to moderately acid unless limed.
Flakes of mica are common or many in the surface layer and upper B horizon and many in the lower B and C horizons. The A or Ap horizon, or AB horizon where present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 6. Where value is 3 or less, this horizon is less than 7 inches thick. Texture is loam, silt loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or coarse sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. Some pedons have E horizons that have slightly higher values and chroma than the A or Ap horizon.