Dominant textures are sandy loam, loam, or silt loam, with thin strata of loamy sand or sand. Average clay content ranges from 10 to 20 percent. Average sand content ranges from 15 to 75 percent. Sand content of individual subhorizons ranges from 15 to 95 percent. Coarse fragment content ranges from 0 to 15 percent gravel.
Reaction ranges from moderately acid to slightly alkaline.
Ashdale, Elmont, and Ripon soils have a lithic or paralithic contact within a depth of 60 inches. Dinsdale and Sidell soils have more than 20 percent clay in the lower part of the series control section. Lycurgus soils average less than 15 percent sand in the lower part of the series control section. Malcolm and Mendota soils are less than 40 inches to the base of soil development. Ogle soils have hues of 5YR or redder in the matrix of at least one subhorizon in the lower part of the series control section.