Slopes range from 8 to 40 percent. Mean annual temperature is 57 degrees F, and the mean annual precipitation is 42 inches. The thickness of the solum and the depth to hard rock ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Boulders and stones occupy from 1 to 50 percent of the surface. The E horizon has 10YR or 7.5YR hues, values of 4 to 6 and chromas of 3 or 4.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to medium acid unless limed.
The Bt1 horizon has 10YR or 7.5YR hue, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 3 to 6 and is very strongly acid or strongly acid. The Bt horizon is very cobbly or very gravelly analogues of silt loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam. It is extremely acid or very strongly acid. High chroma mottles and some 2 chroma mottles are present. Hue and value of the mottles are similar to those of the matrix.