Poorly and very poorly drained. The potential for surface runoff is negligible. Permeability is moderate. An intermittent apparent high water table is at a depth of 2 feet above the soil surface to 0.5 feet below during the winter and spring in undrained phases. Most of these soils are used to grow corn, soybeans, and small grain.
Native vegetation is swamp grasses and deciduous hardwood forest.
In Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. Newton County, Indiana, 1948. Till substratum, bedrock substratum, sandy substratum, loamy substratum, and clay loam substratum phases, moderately fine, and a mucky surface phase are recognized, and may become new series when subset soil surveys with these phases are updated. In addition, an undrained is phase recognized. Transect shows 80 percent Rensselaer and 20 percent Brookston.