Memphis silt loam on a 2 to 5 percent slope in a wooded area. Thickness of the solum ranges from 32 to more than 80 inches. The soil ranges from moderately through very strongly acid throughout, except where limed. The calcium-magnesium ratio is 1 or more. Some pedons have an A horizon up to 4 inches thick that has hue 7.5YR or 10YR, value 3, and chroma 2 or 3.
Texture is silt loam or silt.
The E horizon, where present has hue of 10YR, value 4 or 5, and chroma 1 to 3. Texture is silt loam or silt. The Bt and C horizons are in hue 7.5YR or 10YR, value 4 or 5, and chroma 4 through 6. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. Clay content in the upper 20 inches of the Bt horizon typically contains 25 to 30 percent clay and ranges from 20 to 35.