They formed in loamy deposits. These soils have moderate or moderately rapid permeability. Slopes range from 0 to 60 percent. Elkmound sandy loam - on a 14 percent convex slope in a pasture at an elevation of about 970 feet. Solum thickness typically is 12 to 20 inches, but is as shallow as 10 inches in some pedons and commonly is the same as the depth to bedrock.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid.
Throughout the pedon, volume of pebbles ranges from 0 to 20 percent and volume of cobbles from 0 to 5 percent. The A horizon is sandy loam, loam, loamy sand, or the gravelly analogues. It has 10YR or 7.5YR hue, value of 2 through 4, and chroma of 1 through 4. A similarly textured but a lighter colored E horizon is in most pedons but may be missing in plowed pedons. Some pedons have a BE horizon.