The Aholt, Albaton, Bosworth, Gilliam, Haynie, Kenmoor, Leta, Modale, Waldron, and Waubonsie soils contain more clay and are on adjacent flood plains. Sarpy soils contain less silt and clay and occur on similar landscapes. Runoff is slow. Permeability is rapid. Hodge soils are frequently flooded where not protected by levees.
Native vegetation is mostly cottonwood and oak trees with some interspersed tall grasses.
Along the Missouri River in Missouri. The extent is moderate. Lafayette County, Missouri, 1970. The finer textured layers are stratification and do not exhibit properties of argillic horizon development.