Rock fragments range from 0 to 30 percent in the A horizons and, from 2 to 35 percent, in the subsoil and substratum. Rock fragments are dominantly channers of shale, with some gravels or cobbles of siltstone, limestone, and sandstone. The soil ranges from strongly acid to neutral in the A horizon, moderately acid to mildly alkaline in the B horizon, and neutral to moderately alkaline in the C horizon, commonly becoming less acid with increasing depth. The A or Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture is silt loam or loam in the fine-earth fraction.
Structure is granular or subangular blocky and consistence is very friable or friable.
Some pedons have a BA horizon just below the A horizon. The E horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, values of 4 through 6, and chroma of 1 through 3. Texture is silt loam or loam in the fine-earth fraction. Structure is subangular blocky or platy and consistence is friable or firm. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR through 5Y, value of 3 through 5, chroma of 3 or 4, and is mottled.