The potential for surface runoff is negligible. Permeability is rapid. The depth to an apparent intermittent high water table is from 1 feet above the soil surface to 1 foot below the soil surface from December through May in most years. Drained areas are mostly cropped to corn, soybeans, wheat, and oats. Blueberries are produced in some areas.
Native vegetation is marsh grasses, reeds, sedges, and water-tolerant trees.
Northern Indiana, Ohio, southwestern Michigan and western Wisconsin. The series is of large extent, with an acreage of over 100,000 acres. Newton County, Indiana, 1905. The type location was moved to more typically represent the Newton series and because of the availability of lab data. Transect shows 70 percent Newton soils and 30 percent Morocco soils.