Silver Creek silt loam, with a slope of less than 1 percent in a cultivated field. Thickness of the solum ranges from 18 to 42 inches. The mollic epipedon ranges from 7 to 24 inches in thickness and includes all of the A horizon and the upper part of the B horizon. The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4 and 2 or 3 moist, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is silt loam or silty clay loam.
Reaction is neutral or slightly alkaline.
The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 through 5 and 2 through 4 moist, and chroma of 1 or less. The upper part is darker than the lower part. It ranges from heavy silty clay loam to silty clay and averages between 35 and 48 percent clay. Reaction is mildly or moderately alkaline. It contains 15 to 24 percent exchangeable sodium and small amounts of soluble salts.