Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the solum and slow in the lower part. In undrained areas, depth to an intermittent perched high water table is at 0.5 to 1.5 feet from November through May in most years. In drained areas, depth to an intermittent perched high water table is at 0.5 to 2 feet from December through April in most years. Most areas are used for growing corn and soybeans. A few areas are used for small grain, hay or pasture, or are in woodland.
Native vegetation is mixed deciduous hardwood forest.
The acreage is of small extent in MLRA 114. Owen County, Indiana, 1995. Source of name - a state park in Owen and Putnam counties. These soils have been mapped and correlated as Iva in adjacent subset soil surveys, and was included in mapping with the Vigo soils in the 1964 Owen County Soil Survey.