Sailes soils are well drained and permeability is moderate. Runoff is moderate. The principal use is woodland and pasture with some small areas used for truck crops such as watermelons, peas, and corn. The woodland overstory consists of loblolly and shortleaf pine, sweet gum, red oak, and hickory. The understory consists of shrubs and grasses.
Pastures are generally bahiagrass or bermudagrass.
The Sailes series is moderately extensive on the Western Coastal Plain of Eastern Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Bienville Parish, Louisiana, 1992. The type location was moved to Cass Co., Texas in 1997 due to the predominance of acreage there. These soils were formerly included in the Ruston series.