The A horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y or N, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 1 or less. The A horizon has weak to moderate fine to very fine blocky structure. The A horizon ranges from mildly to moderately alkaline in reaction and the surface 8 inches ranges from noncalcareous to calcareous. The B horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 to 3. The Bk or Ck horizon has hue 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6 and chroma of 1 to 3.
Texture is clay or silty clay.
It is massive or has weak to moderate fine to coarse blocky structure, and evident wedge-shaped peds that have their long axis tilted more than 10 degrees from the horizontal. Slickensides that have grooved surfaces are below depths of about 24 to 30 inches. The amount of visible calcium carbonate ranges from few threads, films, soft bodies, and concretions to as much as 40 percent by volume. There are no competing series in the same family, similar soils are the Angelo , Dalby , Montell , Randall , Roscoe , Rowena , Tobosa , and Verhalen series. Angelo and Rowena soils lack intersecting slickensides and have calcic horizons within a depth of 40 inches.