Schaffenaker soils are on upland side slopes and ridges. Slopes range from 3 to 65 percent. Schaffenaker loamy sand - wooded. Solum thickness ranges from 15 to 30 inches. Depth to lithic contact is 20 to 40 inches.
Reaction ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid.
Rock fragments in the solum range from 0 to 30 percent. A thin subhorizon immediately above the bedrock may contain up to 60 percent rock fragments. Thin lamella-like bands 3 or 4 feet long which do not have a significant increase in clay content are in some pedons. Moisture equivalent of the control section ranges from 3 to 6 percent. The A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 through 4 and chroma of 1 or 2.