Mean annual precipitation is about 30 inches. Depth to the base of the argillic horizon ranges from 36 to 80 inches or more. Coarse fragments are mainly sandstone channers but some chert fragments are in some pedons. Volume of sandstone channers and chert fragments ranges from 0 to 15 percent throughout. Reaction typically ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the solum but ranges to neutral in the upper part, where the soil is limed.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral in the substratum.
The Ap horizon has value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 2 to 4. Where present, the A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. The A or Ap horizon is silt loam, loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam. Some pedons have an E horizon with hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 or 3. It is silt loam, loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam.