Solum thickness ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Depth to hard bedrock ranges from 40 to 60 inches. Soft bedrock ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Hard and partially weathered pieces of quartzite siltstone and flat phyllite range from 5 to 55 percent in the solum and up to 80 percent in the C horizon. Most fragments are less than 6 inches in length.
Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid unless limed.
The A horizon has hue of 10YR, value and chroma of 4 through 6. It is silt loam, loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam in the fine earth fraction. The E horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR and value and chroma of 4 through 8. It is silt loam, fine sandy loam, loam or sandy loam in the fine earth fraction. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR through 10YR, value of 5 through 6 and chroma of 4 through 8.