Mean annual precipitation is 34 inches. The A horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 2 to 6. Where the A horizon has moist value and chroma less than 3.5 and is more than 10 inches thick, the organic matter content is less than 1 percent. Texture is fine sandy loam, loam, or loamy fine sand. Where the texture is loamy fine sand, the thickness is less than 10 inches.
Reaction is moderately acid to slightly alkaline.
The C horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8. Texture is fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or loam. Some pedons have a texture of loamy fine sand below a depth of 40 inches. Strata of coarser or finer materials occur throughout the C horizon. The strata range from 2 mm to 25 mm thick and from 1 cm to 15 cm apart.