It is silt loam, loam, or silty clay loam. Reaction is moderately acid to neutral. The upper part of the Bt horizon has color value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 to 3. The lower part has color value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 3 or 4 with darker coatings on peds decrease with depth. It is silt loam or silty clay loam with 25 to 35 percent clay in the upper part and 25 to 30 percent clay in the lower part.
Reaction is strongly acid to neutral.
The BC and C horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 4. Mottles are below 48 inches in some pedons. It commonly is silt loam or loam with strata of silty clay loam and very fine sandy loam. These are the Ashdale , Assumption , Barrington , Broadwell , Catlin , Dana , Dinsdale , Douglas , Elkhart , Elmont , Harrison , Healing , Keltner , Malcolm , Mendota , Ogle , Plano , Proctor , Reading , Richwood , Ripon , Saybrook , Sibley , Sidell , Tama , Toddville , Troxel , Wakenda , Waupecan , and Wiota series. Ashdale soils have 2B horizons with more than 35 percent clay.