Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid. Slope ranges from 3 to 70 percent. Rawsonville fine sandy loam, on a 16 percent east-facing slope, in a rocky wooded area. Approximate latitude 42 degrees 57 minutes 34 seconds N. and longitude 72 degrees 51 minutes 38 seconds W., NAD 27. Thickness of the solum and depth to bedrock range from 20 to 40 inches.
Reaction ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid throughout the soil.
Rock fragments are mostly pebbles and cobbles and range from 0 to 20 percent in the upper part of the solum and 5 to 35 percent in the lower part of the solum. The thickness of the spodic horizon typically is more than 16 inches. If the Bhs or Bh horizon is more than 4 inches thick, the total thickness of the spodic horizon is allowed to be less than 16 inches in thickness. The O horizon is fibric, hemic or sapric material. It is up to 8 inches thick.