Runoff is slow or medium. Permeability is moderately slow. Most of the acreage is cultivated. Corn, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, and alfalfa are the principal crops. The remainder is range or pasture.
Native vegetation is tall and mid-grasses.
Leavenworth and Wyandotte Counties, Kansas, 1973. The red color of the soil was the only characteristic of these soils in common. During the MLRA update Gymer is to be relegated to the terrace position along rivers and streams, while the Polo series will replace the Gymer mapped on the upland. Pedon used is 94KS045001. Lab data were run at the National Soil Survey Laboratory in Lincoln, Nebraska.