Reaction is typically mildly or moderately alkaline, but some pedons may be strongly alkaline when not buffered by excess gypsum. Texture is loam or clay loam with 18 to 30 percent clay. Pedogenetic accumulations of carbonates and gypsum occur as common soft masses, filaments, and as nests of crystals. Calcium carbonate equivalent ranges from 6 to 15 percent. Gypsum ranges from 2 to 6 percent.
Reaction is moderately or strongly alkaline.
These are the Balon , Bowbac , Buckle , Cambria , Cerrillos , Clovis , Cushman , Decolney , Fattig , Fernando , Forkwood , Fort Collins , Frisite , Gaddes , Hagerman , Harbord , Hiland , Los Alamos , Maysdorf , Millet, Olney , Penistaja , Potts , Progresso , Pugsley , Rauzi , Scholle , Spangler , Splendo, Stoneham , Sundance , Threetop , Topia , Toluca , Tuweep , and Yenlo series. The Balon, Buckle, Cambria, Cerrillos, Clovis, Decolney, Fernando, Forkwood, Fort Collins, Frisite, Harbord, Hiland, Maysdorf, Millet, Olney, Penistaja, Potts, Rauzi, Scholle, Spangler, Splendo, Stoneham, Sundance, Topia, Taluca, and Yenlo soils are deep. Bowbac and Cushman soils have hue of 7.5YR or yellower in the Bt horizon and have a paralithic contact to soft sandstone. Pugsley soils have more than 35 percent fine or coarser sand in the Bt horizon. Fattig, Hagerman, Progresso, and Threetop soils have a lithic contact at 20 to 40 inches.