Fortyday soils are on ridges and plateau sideslopes and are 14 to 20 inches to a lithic contact. Kiona soils are on hillslopes and colluvial sideslopes and are greater than 40 inches to a lithic contact. Nevo soils are on hillslopes, ridgetops and benches and are 5 to 12 inches to a lithic contact. Sohappy soils are on benches and toeslopes and are coarse-loamy and greater than 40 inches to a lithic contact. Native vegetation is bluebunch wheatgrass, stiff sagebrush, Sandberg bluegrass, arrowleaf balsamroot, Wyoming big sagebrush, rock eriogonum, and spiny hopsage.
Series is of small extent.
Kittitas County, Washington, Yakima Training Center, 1994. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are an ochric epipedon from the surface to 7 inches, an argillic horizon from 7 to 19 inches and a lithic contact at 38 inches. This soil is reclassified based on amendment 17 of Soil Taxonomy.