The frost-free period ranges from 240 to 350 days. These are the Kamato , Redun , Shontik and Tatai soils. Kamato soils average more than 35 percent clay in the control section. Redun, Shontik and Tatai soils do not have argillic horizons. Used for livestock grazing, wildlife habitat and irrigated cropland.
Vegetation is desert saltbush, linear-leaf saltbush, wolfberry and scattered mesquite.
This series is moderately extensive. MLRA is 40. Keys to Soil Taxonomy - Series classified according to Eighth Edition, 1998. The type location was changed in November 1999 to the site of the proposed state soil.