Slopes are dominantly 0 to 3 percent, but range up to 6 percent. The average annual temperature near the type location is about 64 degrees F. and the average annual precipitation is about 54 inches. Eunola sandy loam in an idle field. Silt content of the control section is less than 25 percent. Some pedons have up to 14 percent quartz gravels throughout the profile.
Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout except where lime has been added.
The Ap or A horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 1 to 4. Texture is loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy fine sand, loamy sand, or fine sand. The E horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 7, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy fine sand, loamy sand, or fine sand. The BE horizon, present in most pedons, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8.