The soil moisture control section is dry in all parts for 80 or more of the 120 days following the summer solstice in 20 percent or more of the years. The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3 and 3 to 5 dry, and chroma of 1 to 3. It commonly is silt loam, and less commonly clay loam, loam, or silty clay loam. The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 to 5 and 4 to 6 dry, and chroma of 2 to 4. Many pedons have mottles with higher chroma, redder hue, or both, below the mollic epipedon.
Texture is clay loam or silty clay loam.
Silty clay occurs in the lower part of some pedons. Clay content averages 27 to 35 percent. Sand content in the lower part is less than 50 percent. Some pedons have a C horizon. These are the Ashdale , Assumption , Barrington , Broadwell , Catlin , Cotter , Dana , Dinsdale , Douglas , Elkhart , Graymont , Harrison , Healing , Keltner , Lycurgus , Malcolm , Meadowbank , Mendota , Ogle , Plano , Proctor , Reading , Richwood , Ripon , Saybrook , Sibley , Sidell , Tama , Tecumseh , Toddville , Troxel , Wakenda , Waupecan , and Wiota series.