The Bw horizon where present, has hue of 2.5Y to 5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. Few to many mottles of chroma 2 or less are below a depth of 20 inches in some pedons. Texture is loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or silt loam. The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 8. Mottles, if they occur, are in shades of red, brown, yellow, olive, or gray.
Texture is variable, ranging from coarse sand to loam in the fine-earth fraction.
Strata containing 15 to 50 percent by volume gravel and cobbles are below a depth of 40 inches in some pedons. These are the Edgewick and Nekoma series in the same family and the Barbourville , Beulah , Codorus , Colvard , Comus , Congaree , Haywood , Reddies , Toccoa , Toxaway , and Transylvania series in closely related families. Edgewick and Nekoma soils formed in a midhumid maritime climate with mean annual precipitation from 70 to 80 inches. Barbourville and Transylvania soils are in a fine-loamy family. Beulah, Codorus, Colvard, Comus, Congaree, and Toccoa soils have an ochric epipedon.