Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderately slow or slow in the substratum. Slope ranges from 0 to 60 percent. Hitchcock silt loam, on a southeast-facing 30 percent slope in a forested site. Solum thickness ranges from 15 to 30 inches. Rock fragments are less than 5 percent throughout the soil.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid throughout, unless limed.
Matrix chroma of 2 is inherited from the parent material and is not indicative of aquic conditions. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4. Dry value is 6 or more. Udisturbed pedons have an A horizon with hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. Texture is silt loam or very fine sandy loam.