The mean annual precipitation is about 45 inches, and the mean annual temperature is about 54 degrees F. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Solum thickness ranges from 40 to 60 inches and depth to bedrock ranges from 40 to 120 inches. Depth to the fragipan ranges from 18 to 28 inches. The soil is very strongly acid and strongly acid unless limed. The Ap horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 4.
Texture is silt loam or loam.
The B horizon has hue of 2.5Y to 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8. Texture is loam, silt loam, or silty clay loam. Some pedons are mottled in shades of brown in the upper part, and in the lower part shades of gray and brown. In some pedons the BA horizon has a few discontinuous clay films. The Btx horizon has hue of 2.5Y to 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 8.