The Bw horizon has weak granular or subangular blocky structure, or it is massive. Consistence is friable or very friable. Some pedons have a thin BC horizon. The C horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 5YR and value and chroma of 3 to 6. It typically has redoximorphic features.
Texture is fine sandy loam or sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction.
Some pedons have thin lenses of loamy sand. The horizon is massive or it has weak plates. Consistence is commonly very friable or friable but the range includes firm. There are no series currently in the same family. The Chautauqua , Pittstown , Pompton , Rainbow , Sutton , Wapping , Wilbraham , and Woodbridge series are series in similar families.