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 60 percent in the substratum. Some pedons have up to 10 percent cobbles in the substratum. Unless limed, reaction ranges from 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 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 6. It is commonly fine sandy loam or sandy loam, but the range includes very fine sandy loam or loam in the upper part. Some pedons have thin strata of loam, very fine sandy loam, or silt loam. The Bw horizon has granular or subangular blocky structure, or it is massive.