Amboy, Arkport, Dunkirk and Hudson soils and their wetter associates formed in nearby glacio-lacustrine deposits. Bath, Langford, Lansing, Madrid, Ontario and Sodus soils and their wetter associates are on adjacent till plains. Moderately well drained Phelps soils, somewhat poorly drained Fredon soils, and poorly drained and very poorly drained Halsey soils form a drainage sequence with Howard soils. Somewhat excessively drained to well drained. Runoff is slow or medium.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the solum and very rapid in the substratum.
Most areas have been cleared and are used for growing corn, small grains, hay, vegetables, and fruit. Steep areas are in pasture or are wooded. Woodlots contain sugar maple, beech, oak, white ash, black cherry, and white pine. The series is of large extent. Steuben County, New York, 1931.