Rusco soils lack a natric horizon and are fine-silty. These soils are somewhat poorly drained. Runoff is low. Permeability is slow in the upper part and moderately rapid or rapid in the lower part. Depth to the seasonal high of the water table ranges 2 feet in wet seasons to 4 feet in dry seasons.
Flooding is rare or occasional.
Most of the acreage is cultivated. The principal crops are corn, sorghum, and alfalfa. Many areas are irrigated. A few areas are still in range where the native grasses are mainly big bluestem, indiangrass, prairie cordgrass, switchgrass, and little bluestem. Mainly along the Platte River in central Nebraska.