Loess thickness ranges from 36 to 50 inches. The thickness of residuum commonly is 2 to 12 inches, but ranges to 20 inches. In pedons that have the upper boundary of the residuum at depths less than 40 inches, the residuum is less than 6 inches thick. The depth to a lithic contact with dolomitic limestone ranges from 40 and 60 inches. The particle size control section averages 27 to 35 percent clay and less than 8 percent sand.
Reaction ranges from moderately acid to slightly alkaline.
The A horizon has value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is silt loam. Ap horizons have hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. It is commonly silt loam, but silty clay loam severely eroded phases are recognized. The E or BE horizon has value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 or 3.