Frost free days range from 185 to 220 days. These are the competing Lovedale , and the Bethany , Pond Creek , Rosehill and Waynoka soils. Rosehill soils are fine textured and have bedrock at depths of 20 to 40 inches. Bethany and Pond Creek soils have a mollic epipedon more than 20 inches thick. Waynoka soils have a lithologic discontinuity between 30 and 60 inches.
Permeability is moderately slow.
Runoff is negligible to medium. Originally the vegetation was tall-grass prairie dominated by big bluestem, indiangrass, and switchgrass. The series is of moderate extent. Sumner County, Kansas, 1974.