It is silty clay loam, silty clay or clay. Gravel content of the lower Btg horizon ranges from 0 to 10 percent. The BCg horizon is mottled with hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 1 to 4. Texture is similar to the Btg horizon. The Cr horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 3 to 5 and chroma of 2 to 6.
Reaction is neutral to moderately alkaline.
These are the Chancellor , Clarinda , Coatsburg , Edinburg , Haig , Mazaska , Minnetonka , Sacville , Terrabella , Sampsel, Virden , and Worthing series. Edinburg soils do not have coarse fragments in the series control section. Virden soils have free carbonates in the lower part of the series control section. Sampsel soils are on gently to strongly sloping hillslopes that have slopes of 2 to 14 percent. These soils formed in residuum from alkaline or calcareous shales.