The Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. Subhorizons of the Bt horizon may have value of 3, and chroma of 4 or 6. Mottles, or redox concentrations and depletions are in shades of brown or red. Some subhorizons, have no dominant hue and are mottled in shades of red and brown. Redox depletions with chroma of 2 or less are below 30 inches.
Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam.
The 2Bt and 3Bt horizons have hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8, or hue of 2.5YR, value of 3, and chroma of 4 or 6. Mottles, or redox concentrations and depletions are in shades of brown, red and gray. Some subhorizons, have no dominant hue and are mottled in shades of red, brown, yellow and gray. Texture is clay loam, silty clay loam, silty clay, clay and their gravelly or very gravelly analogs. These are the Baylis , Crider , Hootentown , Ryker , Stinesville , and Winnipeg series.