Texture of the fine-earth fraction is loamy fine sand to sand. Consistence ranges from very friable to loose, but some pedons have up to 20 percent firm or very firm parts. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid. The Cg or C horizon have hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. Texture of the fine-earth fraction ranges from loamy fine sand to coarse sand.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid.
The Kinsman series is in the same family. Kinsman soils have more than 5 percent rock fragments or gravel. 5 degrees C. Battlefield soils have gravel in the substrata. Naskeag soils formed in glacial till and are moderately deep to bedrock. The Otisco and Saugatuck and series are similar soils in related families.