The Rowe series consists of deep, poorly drained and very poorly drained soils that formed in water sorted colluvial sediments or lacustrine material and the underlying clayey glacial till on till plains or glacial lake plains.
Permeability is very slow.
Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 51 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is about 36 inches. The thickness of the solum typically is 30 to 60 inches. Depth to free carbonates commonly is less than the thickness of the solum. The mollic epipedon ranges from 10 to 24 inches in thickness.