Gravel content ranges from 15 to 30 percent. Reaction is slightly acid to strongly acid above 40 inches and moderately acid to slightly alkaline below 40 inches. The 2C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is gravelly coarse sand, gravelly sand, gravelly loamy sand, or very gravelly coarse sand. Gravel content ranges from 15 to 30 percent.
Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
These are the Metea and Prissel series and the similar Delton , Okee , Puchyan , Rohrbeck , and Seward series. The Delton, Okee, Puchyan, Rohrbeck, and Seward series may be in the same family when they are classified to the 8th Edition of Soil Taxonomy. Delton and Seward soils contain more than 25 percent clay in the lower part of the series control section. Okee soils have cobbles in the lower part of the series control section. Prissel soils have a sandy mantle that is thicker than 40 inches.