Mean annual temperature is about 51 degrees F., and average annual precipitation is about 60 inches. The thickness of the solum and depth to the 2C horizon is 15 to 33 inches. These soils are usually moist but are dry in the moisture control section for 45 to 60 consecutive days following summer solstice. The mean annual soil temperature is 50 to 55 degrees F. Clay content in the upper part of the control section averages from 6 to 18 percent. Rock fragments in the particle-size control section ranges from 5 to 25 percent in the upper part and from 40 to 70 percent in the lower part by weighted average.
Reaction is strongly acid to slightly acid throughout.
It is silt loam, loam, gravelly loam, or channery loam. Coarse fragment content ranges from 5 to 25 percent. It is very channery or extremely channery loamy sand or sand. Rock content ranges from 40 to 70 percent. These are the Barneston and Ragnar series in other families.