The particle-size control section averages between 27 to 35 percent clay. Sand content is less than 10 percent in the upper 40 inches of the profile. Volume of rock fragments in the loess mantle is less than 2 percent, and 2 to 15 percent in the 2C horizons, consisting mainly of limestone and crystalline rocks. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 or 3. Some pedons have a thin A horizon that has value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1.
Texture is silt loam.
Reaction is moderately acid to neutral. The BE or E horizon, where present, has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4, and has redoximorphic features. Texture is silt loam. It is strongly acid to slightly acid. The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 6 and iron depletions and accumulations have chroma of 2 through 6.