The Camaguey soils occur on gently sloping footslopes with slope gradients of 2 to 5 percent. The regolith consists of fine textured sediments derived from limestone. The climate is humid tropical. Somewhat poorly drained, runoff is slow and permeability is slow. Most of the acreage is in sugarcane.
Small acreage is in pasture.
Humid inner valleys of the Limestone areas of Northern Puerto Rico. The series is of minor extent. The Camaguey series was formerly classified in the Chernozem Great Soil Group.