Depth to bedrock is greater than 5 feet. The silt loam to very fine sandy loam mantle is 40 to 70 inches thick and contains up to 10 percent shale or gravel. B3 and C horizons contain 15 to 50 percent shale or gravel. Reaction of the solum, where unlimed, is very strongly to medium acid and the C horizon ranges from slightly to strongly acid. The Ap or A1 horizon has hue of 10YR with value of 3 through 5 and chroma of 2 through 4.
Textures are silt loam, loam or very fine sandy loam.
They are silt loam, loam or very fine sandy loam with a weighted average of less than 15 percent fine sand and coarser particles. Clay content of individual horizons of the Bt ranges from 10 to 24 percent with a weighted average of less than 18 percent. Structure is weak to moderate, fine or medium subangular blocky. Some pedons have prismatic structure in the lower part of the B horizon. They have few to common thin clay films on ped faces or lining pores.