They are on till plains and lake plains. Permeability is moderate. Slope ranges from 0 to 6 percent. Mitiwanga silt loam, on a 1 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of 790 feet. The depth to the base of the argillic horizon and depth to a lithic contact ranges from 20 to 40 inches.
Rock fragments are glacial erratics of mixed lithology.
Texture is typically silt loam, but the range includes channery loam. Rock fragment content ranges from 2 to 25 percent. Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid. Areas that have been limed range to slightly acid. Some pedons have an E horizon with hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4.