The Vanderlip series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in residuum of nonacid sandstone. Slopes range from 0 to 70 percent.
Permeability is rapid.
Mean annual precipitation is 39 inches. Vanderlip loamy sand, forested. Solum thickness ranges from 40 to 72 inches. Depth to bedrock is more than 8 feet. Rock fragments range from 0 to 20 percent in the upper part of the solum, from 0 to 40 percent in the lower part of the solum, and from 0 to 70 percent in the C horizon.