The Rantoul soils are very poorly drained and normally are on nearly level to depressional areas. Poorly drained and very poorly drained. Surface runoff is slow or ponded. Permeability is very slow. Most areas are used for cropland.
Principal crops are corn and soybeans, and other crops which include small grain and meadow.
Native vegetation was marsh grasses and sedges. Extent is moderate. Livingston County, Illinois, 1938. As the result of a characterization study of some soils formed in fine textured materials in northeastern Illinois, the definition of the Rowe series has been updated and the provisional classification has been removed. Additional data are on file at Illinois state office.