The Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 4 to 8. Texture is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam. The upper 20 inches of the Bt horizon contains 18 to 35 percent clay and less than 20 percent silt. Mottles in shades of brown or red range from few to common. A matrix hue of 2.5YR, 5YR, or 7.5YR is allowed below a depth of 40 inches.
Texture is commonly sandy clay loam but includes clay loam or sandy clay.
Content of nodular or platy plinthite ranges from 5 to 35 percent by volume. These include the Tifton series in the same family and the Baxterville , Malbis , and Notcher series in closely related families. Tifton soils have more than 5 percent ironstone pebbles in the upper part of the solum. Baxterville, Malbis, and Notcher soils have more than 20 percent silt in the particle-size control section. Dothan soils are on side slopes and ridgetops on uplands of the Coastal Plain.