Thornthwaite annual P-E indices range from 31 to 52. These include the competing Aransas soils and the Degola , Meguin and Sinton soils. Aransas soils are in lower positions in the landscape. Degola, Meguin and Sinton soils are slightly higher in the landscape. Buchel soils are moderately well drained.
Permeability is very slow.
Water enters the soil rapidly when it is cracked and dry and very slow when it is wet. Runoff is low. Most areas of Buchel soils are farmed to grain sorghum, wheat, corn or cotton. Native vegetation is dominantly bluestems, paspalums and panicums. Trees include pecan, elm, and hackberry.