The Hodge series consists of deep, somewhat excessively drained, rapidly permeable soils that formed in sandy alluvium. These soils are on undulating flood plains and have slopes ranging from 0 to 5 percent. Mean annual temperature is 54 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 39 inches.
Reaction is mildly alkaline or neutral throughout the soil.
Silt plus clay plus very fine sand totals 40 percent or more. Most pedons contain less than 10 percent medium sand or coarser. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. Noncultivated areas have A1 horizons 1 to 6 inches thick with colors similar to those stated for the Ap horizon. The A horizon typically is fine sand or loamy fine sandy but some pedons are fine sandy loam.