The Scott series consists of very deep, poorly and very poorly drained soils. They formed in loess in depressions on uplands and stream terraces.
Permeability is very slow.
Slope ranges from 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual temperature is 55 degrees F and mean annual precipitation is 23 inches at the type location. Scott silt loam with a slope of less than 1 percent in pasture. The mollic epipedon ranges from 19 to 46 inches thick and the solum ranges from 27 to more than 66 inches thick. The depth to carbonates ranges from about 35 to 60 inches.