It has the same range in colors and textures as the Bw horizon. Reaction ranges from slightly acid through moderately alkaline. The C horizon hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 1 to 4 with iron depletions in shades of gray and iron accumulations in shades of brown. Texture is loamy fine sand, loamy very fine sand, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loam, silty clay loam, or silt loam to a depth of 60 inches or more. Reaction is slightly acid through moderately alkaline.
Carbonates are present in some pedons.
This is the Riedtown series in the same family. Soils in closely similar families include Adler , Commerce , Convent , Marietta , Morganfield , Robinsonville , and Thenas series. Riedtown soils a have buried solum. Adler and Convent soils do not have a cambic horizon. In addition, Convent soils also have dominant chroma of 2 in the 10 to 40 inch control section.