The Bw1 horizon has value of 3 or 4 moist. It is gravelly loam, gravelly silt loam, silt loam, or very fine sandy loam. The Bw2 and Bw3 horizons have value of 3 to 6 dry or moist and chroma of 2 to 4 dry or moist. It is very gravelly sandy loam, very gravelly loam, gravelly loam, or gravelly fine sandy loam. The 2Bkq or 2Bk horizon is extremely gravelly, very gravelly, very cobbly or extremely cobbly coarse sand.
Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
There are no competing series. Similar soils are the Aeneas , Leavers , and Pogue series. Aeneas soils have less than 10 percent rock fragments in the lower part of the particle-size control section. Leavers soils have few clay films and are dry for more than 115 consecutive days. Pogue soils lack silica accumulations in the lower part of the particle-size control section.