Mean annual temperature is 57 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation is 44 inches. Acquango sand on an 8 percent slope on a barrier island dune. The thickness of the A and C horizons is greater than 72 inches. Fine gravels range from 0 to 5 percent in the substratum. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to mildly alkaline.
Salinity ranges from nonsaline to slightly saline throughout the soil profile.
Shell fragment content ranges from 0 to 15 percent. The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 through 8, and chroma of 2 through 4. It is sand, coarse sand, or fine sand. The C horizon has hue of 5Y through 10YR, value of 2 through 8, and chroma of 2 through 6. It is sand, coarse sand, or fine sand.