The thickness of the solum typically is 24 to 48 inches. The particle size control section averages between 35 and 45 percent clay. The A horizon is silt loam, silty clay loam, or loam. The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 3. Some pedons have a BE horizon with properties similar to the E horizon.
Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to neutral.
Texture is silty clay loam or silty clay. The lower part of the B horizon is stratified in some pedons and some strata are silt loam. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to neutral. The BCtg or BCt horizon has hue and value the same as the Bt horizon and chroma of 1 to 8. It is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline and calcareous in some pedons.