Intersecting slickensides begin at 8 to 15 inches below the surface. Slickensides are several feet across and are tilted 45 to 50 degrees from horizontal. Texture is mainly clay but may be silty clay. Weighted average clay content of the particle size control section ranges from 45 to 60 percent. Amplitude of waviness between the dark colors in the upper part and the light colors below range from 12 to on microknolls to more than 60 in microdepressions.
Reaction is slightly or moderately alkaline.
The A horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 1. Reaction ranges from neutral to moderately alkaline. The Bss horizons have hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2. Most pedons have vertical streaks of darker material that are old filled cracks. Masses of iron accumulation range from none to common.