The soil to a depth of about 30 inches, ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid, and below 30 inches from strongly acid to mildly alkaline except the layer immediately above the bedrock ranges from medium acid to mildly alkaline. Content of fragments of limestone or siltstone range from 0 to 5 percent in the upper part of the solum, from 0 to 15 percent in the lower part and 1 to 50 percent in the C horizon. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 4. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. An AB or BA horizon, when present, has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 4.
Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam.
The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 6 in the upper portion. Texture is silt loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay. The lower Bt has hue of 2.5Y, 10YR, or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8 with lithochromic mottles in shades of brown, red, olive, or gray. Texture of the lower Bt is silty clay or clay. The BC horizon, has hue of 2.5Y, 10YR, or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8, with lithochromic mottles in shades of brown, olive, or gray.