They are on ridgetops and side slopes on uplands of the Coastal Plain. Slopes range from 1 to 25 percent. Near the type location, the average annual air temperature is about 65 degrees F. and the average annual precipitation is about 53 inches. Cowarts fine sandy loam on a convex 6 percent side slope in a cultivated field. Solum thickness ranges from 20 to 40 inches.
Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout except where lime has been added.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 2 to 4. Some pedons have a thin A horizon which has value of 2 or 3. The E horizon, where present, is 4 to 12 inches thick. It has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 4 to 8. It has the same range in texture as the A horizon.