The mollic epipedon is 7 to 15 inches thick. Organic carbon in the epipedon ranges from .8 to 3 percent and decreases regularly with depth. Base saturation is 90 to 100 percent. Rock fragments range from 0 to 15 percent throughout. Some pedons have stones dominating, but, typically, the coarse fragments are gravel.
Reaction is slightly acid through slightly alkaline.
When hue is redder than 7.5YR, color is not lithochromic and is confined to the horizons of maximum weathering. Texture is clay loam, loam, or silty clay loam with 18 to 35 percent clay and more than 15 but less than 35 percent fine or coarser sand. The upper part of the argillic horizon is typically part of the mollic epipedon. Reaction is slightly acid through slightly alkaline. Texture is clay loam, loam, silt loam, or silty clay loam with 18 to 35 percent clay and more than 15 but less than 35 percent fine or coarser sand.