Slopes range from 0 to 1 percent. The texture of the control section is loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam, with clay content ranging from 20 to 35 percent. Some pedons have thin, discontinuous fine sandy loam or silt loam strata. Siliceous or limestone pebbles range from none to about 10 percent by volume in some horizons. Most pedons have films and threads of calcium carbonate throughout the control section.
Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline and calcareous.
The A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 3. The mollic epipedon ranges from 20 to about 60 inches thick. Texture is loam, clay loam or sandy clay loam. The Bw horizon is absent in some pedons. Where present, it has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4, with or without brownish streaks or mottles.