Index, Kindy and Klapatche soils are cryic. Melakwa and Kaleetan soils are medial-skeletal. Philippa soils are moderately deep to a paralithic contact with compact glacial till. Well drained, moderately rapid permeability, slow to medium runoff. Used for timber production, watershed, and wildlife habitat.
Series is of moderate extent.
Snoqualmie Pass Area, King County, Washington, 1986. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are an albic horizon from the mineral surface to 1 inch, a spodic horizon from 1 to 21 inches, and a volcanic ash mantle from the mineral surface to 11 inches.