Sand content averages from 5 to 15 percent. The Btx and 2Btx horizons have hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. Clay content ranges from 9 to 38 percent and averages between 15 to 30 percent. Sand content ranges from 20 to 60 percent. The 2Bt horizons have hue of 10YR, 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 6.
Texture is loam, clay loam, sandy loam, and sandy clay loam in the fine earth fraction.
Clay content ranges from 15 to 30 percent. Sand content ranges from 25 to 60 percent. They can be stratified. This is the Ava series. Ava soils contain less than 5 percent sand in the series control section.