The BC horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. It is fine sand or sand, but has a few thin strata of loamy fine sand. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to moderately acid. The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 6. It is fine sand or sand, but has a few thin strata of loamy fine sand.
Reaction ranges from strongly acid to moderately acid.
There are no competing series. Garlic soils are on dissected moraines and till-floored lake plains. Slope gradients range from 1 to 70 percent. They formed in glaciofluvial sediments. Elevations range from 800 to 1,600 feet.