Mean annual precipitation is 42 inches. Hartleton channery silt loam-cultivated. Solum thickness ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Depth to bedrock ranges from 40 to 60 inches. Rock fragments of shale or thin flat sandstone or siltstone up to 8 inches long range from 15 to 40 percent in the A horizon, from 25 to 80 percent in individual horizons of the B horizon, and from 50 to 90 percent in the C horizon.
Stones are on the surface of many pedons.
The soil is strongly acid or very strongly acid throughout, unless limed. Illite and kaolinite are the most common clay minerals. The A or Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. Fine-earth textures are silt loam or loam. Some pedons have an E horizon that has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 2 through 6.