The Nineveh series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in loamy deposits over stratified gravelly or very gravelly coarse sand and sand on treads on stream terraces.
Permeability is moderate in the solum and very rapid in the substratum.
Slope ranges from 0 to 6 percent. Nineveh loam - on a nearly level slope of 1 percent in a cultivated field. The thickness of the solum ranges from 24 to 40 inches. The Ap and A horizon have hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 3, and chroma of 2 or 3. Textures are silt loam, loam, or gravelly loam.