Mean annual temperature is 54 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 37 inches. The thickness of the solum and depth to soft sandstone ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Hard bedrock is at a depth greater than 40 inches. In some pedons there are up to 15 percent coarse fragments of sandstone throughout the B and C horizons. It is silt loam or loam.
Reaction commonly is moderately acid to neutral, but includes slightly alkaline.
Some pedons have an E or BE horizon. The Bt and 2Bt horizons have hue of 10YR to 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 6. They are silt loam, loam or clay loam. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral. The 2BC horizon, where present, has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7 and chroma of 1 to 8.