These soils formed in alluvium or colluvium or in residuum of sandstone and shale. They are on hillsides, foot slopes, and old high terraces. Slopes range from 2 to 40 percent. Solum thickness ranges from 60 to 80 inches or more. Depth to bedrock ranges from 6 to about 15 feet.
Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid except the surface layer is less acid where limed.
Rock fragments range from about 0 to 25 percent in the A horizon and 0 to 15 percent in the B horizon. The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 or 4. Severely eroded areas also have hue of 5YR and chroma of 6 or 8. The E horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, values of 4 or 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. The fine earth fraction of the A and E horizons are sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or rarely silt loam.