The till substratum phase is silty clay loam, clay loam, or silt loam. It ranges from slightly acid to moderately alkaline. Amanda, Belmore, Hayden, Hollinger, Kendallville, Kidder, Kosciusko, LeRoy, Owosso, Senachwine, Strawn, Theresa, Wawaka, Wawasee, and Wykoff soils are less than 55 inches to the base of the argillic horizon. Belmont, High Gap, Lumberton, Mandeville, Mifflin, Military, Nollville, and Woodbine soils have bedrock within 60 inches. Chenault soils have more clay in the lower part of the series control section.
Chili soils are more acid in the lower part of the series control section.
Coggon soils have chroma of 6 in the argillic horizon. Conestoga soils have rock fragments of dominantly quartzite, chert, and schist lithology. Crouse soils have rock fragments that are dominantly of igneous and limestone lithology. Grellton, Hebron, Princeton, and Sisson soils have less than 2 percent rock fragments in the lower part of the argillic horizon. Greybrook soils have more silt and less sand in the lower part of the series control section.