Newlands soils are on mountain, plateau or foothill toe and side slopes. Slopes are 5 to 50 percent. Newlands loam - rangeland. Thickness of solum and depth to bedrock ranges from 40 to 60 inches. These soils are usually dry, mainly during the late summer and early autumn.
Reaction is slightly acid or neutral.
Reaction trend is either constant or pH increases slightly as depth increases. The mollic epipedon ranges from 12 to 16 inches thick and includes part of the argillic horizon. Chroma of 1 occurs only in the A1 horizon. This horizon has 5 to 50 percent pebbles, cobbles or stones. It usually has moderate or strong granular or subangular structure but is massive in some pedons.