The Cedaran and Little Pole soils lack lime. Falula soils have hue of 7.5YR or redder. Foxol soils lack lime and have B horizons that are slightly or medium acid. Rexmont soils lack horizons of secondary carbonate accumulation. Van Wagoner soils lack lime and are neutral to medium acid in the lower part of the profile.
Swanner soils are on mountain slopes and ridges.
Slopes range from 0 to 80 percent. They formed in loess and silty alluvium and material weathered from andesite and other igneous rocks. The average annual precipitation ranges from 12 to 16 inches and the average annual temperature ranges from 39 to 45 degrees F. Frost-free season is 70 to 110 days. Elevation ranges from 4,500 to 7,000 feet. The Araveton, Ard, Hondoho, and Watercanyon soils lack lithic contact.