Transition horizons have color and texture similar to adjacent horizons. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is silt loam, or in some severely eroded areas it is silty clay loam. Some pedons, have a thin A horizon with hue of 10YR, value of 3, and chroma of 2 or 3. The upper part of the Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8.
Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam.
The lower part of the Bt horizon has hue of 5YR or 2.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. Mottles range from none to common in shades of brown, yellow, red, and gray. Texture is silty clay loam, clay loam, silty clay, or clay. There are no other series in the same family. Closely related series include the Armour , Atwood , Aycock , Bewleyville , Blevins , Crider , Curtistown , Etowah , Harpeth , Minvale and Mountview series.