Surface runoff is slow or medium. Permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and rapid in the underlying material. Moderately well drained soils have a seasonal high water table at a depth of 4 to 6 feet. Billett soils commonly are used to grow corn and soybeans. Some areas are used for meadow or pasture.
Native vegetation is mixed hardwood and prairie grasses.
Lawrence County, Illinois, 1952. The majority of the acreage is in Wisconsin.