Below 20 inches, the A horizon is silty clay loam, clay loam, or silty clay. Clay content typically is 35 to 40 percent, but the range is to 45 percent. The Bw horizon typically has value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 0 or 1. The BC horizon has hue of N, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 2 through 5, and chroma of 0 or 1. The texture of the B horizon is the same as in the lower part of the A horizon.
Reaction is moderately or mildly alkaline.
The Cg horizon typically is silty clay loam but some pedons have thin strata of loam, silt loam, or clay loam. These are the Baltic, Holly Springs , James , and Nishna series in the same family and the Blue Earth, Okoboji , and Wacousta series. Baltic soils contain gypsum crystals and are more clayey. Holly Springs soils have buried silty clay or clay horizons. Nishna soils formed in alluvium on first bottom lands and has a sand content of 5 to 15 percent or less.