Slopes range from 0 to 9 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is about 17 inches. When described the soil was moist throughout. The mollic epipedon ranges from 9 to 20 inches in thickness and extends into the Bt horizon in most pedons. The solum has up to 5 percent by volume granitic pebbles in some pedons.
Scattered boulders are on the surface or embedded in the soil of some pedons.
The depth to carbonate typically is about 17 inches but ranges from 12 to 26 inches. The A horizon has value of 3 to 5 and 2 or 3 moist, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is slightly acid or neutral. The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5 and 2 to 4 moist, and chroma of 2 or 3. It averages between 27 and 35 percent clay and between 3 and 15 percent sand that is coarser than very fine sand.