Depth to the base of the argillic horizon is 40 to 70 inches, and the depth to the base of soil development is greater than 80 inches. The particle-size control section averages 27 to 35 percent clay and averages less than 7 percent sand. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. Clay content is 18 to 35 percent. Sand content is less than 7 percent.
Reaction is moderately acid to neutral, depending on the liming history.
The E, EB, BE horizons, where present, have value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 2 to 4. Clay content is 15 to 27 percent. Reaction is very strongly acid to neutral. It is silty clay loam in the upper part and is silty clay loam or silt loam in the lower part. Clay content is 27 to 35 percent in the upper part and is 22 to 32 percent in the lower part.