Thickness of the solum ranges from 25 to 54 inches. Rock fragments are dominantly sandstone and shale, with a significant portion of quartz pebbles. The particle size control section averages 18 to 27 percent clay. They are loam, silt loam, sandy loam, or their gravelly analogues. Rock fragment content ranges from 0 to 15 percent.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to neutral.
Texture and reaction are like the A horizon. Some pedons have a BE horizon. The Bt and Btg horizons have hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. They typically are loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or their gravelly and very gravelly analogues. Some pedons have thin subhorizons of fine sandy loam or sandy loam.