Solum thickness ranges from 40 to 60 inches. Depth to bedrock ranges from 48 to more than 72 inches. Rock fragments, mostly of sandstone and shale range from 0 to 40 percent with a weighted average of less than 35 percent in the solum and 25 to 90 percent in the substratum. Reaction ranges from strongly acid through slightly acid, unless limed. The Ap or A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 through 6, and chroma of 2 through 6.
Texture is fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam in the fine-earth fraction.
Some pedons have a BA horizon that has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 through 8. It is fine sandy loam or loam in the fine-earth fraction. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR through 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 through 8. High chroma mottles are in most pedons. It is loam, sandy clay loam or clay loam in the fine-earth fraction.