Gale soils are nearby where there is a loess mantle 18 to 34 inches thick over the sandstone. Tarr soils are on adjacent side slopes and foot slopes below the Boone soils where the sandy deposits are more than 60 inches thick. Surface runoff is slow to very rapid. Permeability is rapid in the sandy mantle and moderately slow or moderate in the sandstone. Many areas are used for woodland.
Common trees are northern pin oak or black oak, jack pine, and eastern white pine.
Some areas are cleared and used for cropland. Common crops are corn, small grain, and hay. Some areas are used for pastureland. It is extensive. Bates County, Missouri, 1908.