The BA horizon, where present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 through 6. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR through 10YR, value of 4 through 6 and chroma of 4 through 8. Texture is silty clay or silty clay loam. High and low chroma mottles of are present in the lower part of the Bt horizon.
Texture is silty clay or silty clay loam.
The C horizon has a hue of 5YR through 10YR value of 4 through 7 and chroma of 1 through 6. Texture is clay loam, silty clay loam, silty clay or clay. Varving is evident in the C horizon of some pedons. These are the Cruze , Donlonton , Flatwoods , Keyport and Latham series in the same family. The Cruze soils formed in colluvium or residuum and typically contain more than 3 percent sandstone rock fragments in the control section.