The Wixom series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils formed in sandy material and the underlying loamy glacial till or lacustrine sediments.
Permeability is rapid in the sandy materials and moderately slow in the loamy materials.
Slopes range from 0 to 6 percent. Wixom loamy sand - on a north facing slope of 2 percent in a cultivated field. The depth to the 2Bt horizon ranges from 20 to 40 inches. The sandy part of the solum ranges from strongly acid to neutral. Gravel content ranges from 0 to 5 percent throughout the pedon.