The mean annual temperature ranges from 49 to 57 degrees F and mean annual precipitation ranges from 38 to 44 inches. These are the Dekalb , Edneytown , Edneyville , Ashe , and Hayesville soils. Dekalb, Edneyville, and Ashe soils do not have the argillic horizon and formed from quartzite and granites. The Edneyville and Hayesville soils formed from granites and do not have rock fragments in the solum. The Hayesville soil also has a clayey red argillic horizon.
Permeability is moderate and runoff is rapid to very rapid.
Virginia, possible North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. Bedford County, Virginia 1985. Argillic horizon 8 to 34 inches. Cr horizon at 34 inches. Rock fragments were estimated to be 50 percent in the Bt3.