The solum thickness ranges from 30 to 60 inches. Depth to soft siltstone or shale ranges from 40 to 80 inches. Except where limed, the soil ranges from strongly to very strongly acid in the solum and from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the C horizon. The A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. Cultivated soils have an Ap horizon that has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 through 6.
Texture is silt loam in uneroded pedons and silty clay loam in severely eroded pedons.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 5. The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR to 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. Textures are silt loam or silty clay loam. The 2Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR, 5YR, 7.5YR, and 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 6. Mottles are in shades of brown and gray.