Unlimed reaction is medium acid to neutral. The A horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 to 3. It is loam or silt loam in the fine earth fraction. The Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 6 through 8. It is gravelly clay loam, gravelly silty clay loam, clay loam or silty clay loam in the fine earth fraction with an average clay content of 27 to 35 percent.
Structure is moderate or weak subangular blocky.
Consistence is firm or very firm. The 2C horizon has hue of 10YR through 5YR, value of 5 or 6 and chroma of 6 through 8. Texture is loam or silt loam. Structure is massive and consistence is firm. The Argyle, Bassett, Blooming, Cadmus, Caleb, Crooker, Dowagiac, Dunbridge, Gara, Lester, Longlois, Lydick, Mohawk, Neda, Octagon, Oneco, Orwood, Racine, Raz- ort, Renox, Waucoma and Winneshiek series are in the same family.