In addition, Hitt soils have from 10 to 25 inches of loess overlying the drift and residuum. NewGlarus and Dodgeville soils form a biosequence. NewGlarus soils formed under forest vegetation. Whalan soils are in nearby glaciated area that were dominated by forest vegetation. Runoff is medium to rapid.
Permeability is moderately slow.
The less sloping areas are in corn, small grain, and hay. Steeper sloping areas are in pasture. Native vegetation was prairie grasses and forbs with a scattering of oak trees. This soil is moderately extensive. Iowa County, Wisconsin, 1912.