Thickness of the solum and depth to the coarse-textured substratum range from 20 to 40 inches. Gravel ranges from 0 to 15 percent by volume in the solum and from 0 to 40 percent in the substratum. Some pedons have up to 15 percent cobbles in the substratum. Unless limed, reaction ranges very strongly acid to slightly acid. The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 1 to 4.
Texture is very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam.
It has weak or moderate granular structure and is friable or very friable. The Bw horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y and value and chroma of 3 to 6. Iron depletions are above a depth of 24 inches. The Bw horizon is dominantly fine sandy loam or sandy loam, but includes thin strata of loam, very fine sandy loam, or silt loam. It has granular or subangular blocky structure, or the horizon is massive.