Hurley soils are on less sloping landscapes. They have a natric horizon. Lakoma and Labu soils are on similar landscapes. They do not have a mollic epipedon or intersecting slickensides. Runoff is medium to very high depending on slope.
Permeability is very slow.
After periods of drought the initial intake may be rapid due to the cracks. Winter wheat, alfalfa, and sorghum are the principal crops. Native vegetation is mainly western wheatgrass, green needlegrass, blue grama, sideoats grama, and sedges. Of large extent in central South Dakota, mostly west of the Missouri River. Hughes County, South Dakota, 1970.