Thickness of the solum ranges from 18 to 34 inches. Rock fragments range from 0 to 20 percent. Sea shell fragments are present in some pedons. Human artifacts fragments range from 0 to 10 percent. Textures and their gravelly analogs include very fine sand or coarser.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly alkaline throughout.
Typically high chroma mottles on bedding planes are present in subsoil and substratum horizons. The A horizon has hue of 10YR through 2.5Y, value of 2 through 6, and chroma of 1 through 4. It is structureless, single grained with low organic matter accumulation. Consistence is loose. The Bw horizons have hue of 10YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 3 or 4.