Some pedons have carbonates in the lower part of the B horizon. The Cd horizon has hue of 2.5YR through 7.5YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 2 through 4. Texture ranges from loam to silty clay loam in the fine-earth fraction. It is massive and may have plate-like divisions. It is firm or very firm consistence.
Reaction ranges from neutral to moderately alkaline.
Some pedons have a C horizon above the Cd horizon. These are the Conesus , Hilton , Honeoye , Lansing , Ontario , Wampsville and Wassaic series in the same family. Conesus soils have hues of 10YR to 5Y in the B horizon. Hilton, Honeoye, Lansing, and Ontario soils have particle-size control sections that average between 18 and 27 percent clay. Wampsville soils are stratified in the lower part of the series control section and lack a Cd horizon.