Reaction ranges from slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline. The 3C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is loam sandy loam, or fine sandy loam. Some pedons have pockets of sand. It has from 1 to 10 percent gravel.
Reaction ranges from slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline, and contains free carbonates.
Calcium carbonate equivalent ranges from 10 to 35 percent. Amanda and Hickoryy soils do not have a 2Bt horizon that is fine sandy loam or coarser. Belmore, Chili, Gallman, Kalamazoo, Kosciusko, and Ockley soils average more than 15 percent rock fragments in the lower part of the series control section. Greybrook and Wawaka soils average less than 40 percent sand in the particle size control section. Kidder, Senachwine, Strawn, Hebron, Kendallville, LeRoy, Mandeville, Relay, Theresa, Wawasee, and Wykoff soils are less than 40 inches to the base of the argillic horizon.