Reaction is strongly acid to slightly alkaline. It is stratified and textures commonly are sandy loam, loam, silt loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam. Some pedons contain thin strata of loamy sand. Clay content ranges from 5 to 30 percent and sand content ranges from 15 to 85 percent. It contains less than 15 percent gravel by volume.
Reaction is strongly acid to moderately alkaline.
Aptakisic soils contain free carbonates within a depth of 40 inches. Caseyville, Creal, Fitchville, Iva, Stronghurst, and Yeddo soils average less than 15 percent sand in the lower parts of the series control section. Hatmaker soils have shale fragments in the middle and lower parts of the series control section. Kendall soils do not have horizons with more than 15 percent sand within a depth of 40 inches. Waynetown soils have more than 15 percent gravel in the lower part of the series control section.