The cracks remain open for more than 90 cumulative days during most years. Slickensides are at a depth 12 to 24 inches and extend throughout the solum. Reaction ranges from neutral to moderately alkaline. It is typically noncalcareous in the A horizon and calcareous or noncalcareous below. In more than half of each pedon the A horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 5 and chroma of 2 or 3 to a depth of at least 12 inches.
Texture is clay or silty clay.
The amplitude of waviness between the A and the Bss horizon is 5 to 18 inches. The Bss horizon, or Bkss horizon where present, have hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 4. Low chroma colors are lithochromic and not due to wetness. Texture is predominantly clay, but some pedons are silty clay. Redox concentrations in shades of brown, yellow, and olive range from none to common.