Some pedons, have a thin A horizon with hue of 10YR, value of 3, and chroma of 2 or 3. The upper part of the Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. The lower part of the Bt horizon has hue of 5YR or 2.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. Mottles range from none to common in shades of brown, yellow, red, and gray.
Texture is silty clay loam, clay loam, silty clay, or clay.
There are no other series in the same family. Closely related series include the Armour , Atwood , Aycock , Bewleyville , Blevins , Crider , Curtistown , Etowah , Harpeth , Minvale and Mountview series. Armour, Atwood and Harpeth soils have base saturation of more than 35 percent. Aycock and Blevins soils are siliceous and formed in marine sediments. Bewleyville and Mountview soils are siliceous and have discontinuties of residuum weathered from limestone below the silty mantle.