The somewhat poorly drained Crane soils have mottles within a depth of 6 inches below the mollic layer and are on lower lying positions. The very poorly drained Free soils have gray subsoil and are in depressions. The well drained Wea soils have browner subsoils and are on nearby slopes and slight rises. Moderately well drained. Runoff is slow on the nearly level areas and medium on the sloping areas.
Permeability is moderate in the solum and very rapid in the underlying material.
Small grain and legume hay are also grown. Native vegetation was tall prairie grass, chiefly big bluestem. The Tippecanoe series is of moderate extent. Newton County, Indiana, 1948. The Tippecanoe series type location has been moved to Benton County, Indiana.