The Dough series consists of shallow, well drained soils that formed in residuum from sandstone. Dough soils are on mesa tops and benches and have slopes of 1 to 12 percent. Dough sandy loam, Pinyon-Juniper woodland. Mean annual soil temperature is 44 to 47 degrees F. Mean summer soil temperature is 62 to 66 degrees F. Depth to bedrock is 7 to 20 inches. Clay content in the particle-size control section is 10 to 27 percent.
Reaction ranges from neutral to mildly alkaline.
Texture is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam. Reaction ranges from neutral to mildly alkaline. The C horizon, when present, has texture of sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loamy sand with colors similar to the Bw horizon. Currently there are no other series in this family. The closely related Kopie series has a mesic temperature regime.