They are sloping to very steep soils on narrow ridge crests and long side slopes in hilly to mountainous topography. Solum thickness ranges from 17 to 42 inches. Depth to bedrock is 40 inches or more. Coarse fragments of quartzite or sandstone range from 35 to 65 percent by volume in the control section. These soils are gravelly or very gravelly sand, loamy sand or loamy fine sand throughout with sand coarser than very fine sand ranging from 60 to 80 percent and medium and fine sand being dominant.
Reaction ranges from extremely acid to very strongly acid in all horizons.
The A1 horizon has hue of 10YR through 5YR, values of 2 through 4 and chromas of 0 to 20. The A2 horizon has hue of 5YR through 10 YR with values of 5 or 6 and chroma of 1 or 2. It has weak platy structure in some pedons and has an irregular lower boundary in a few pedons. The Bh or Bir horizons have hues of 10YR through 2.5YR with values of 2 through 4 and chromas of 2 through 6. Consistence ranges to slightly sticky when wet due to high content of organic matter.