Metre soils are in the furrows of a gilgai landscape. They have mollic colors at depths greater than 8 inches. Norrest soils have a fine textured argillic horizon. They are on smooth ridges and sideslopes. Runoff ranges from medium to very high depending on slope.
Permeability is very slow.
Mostly in rangeland. Native vegetation is mainly western wheatgrass, green needlegrass, buffalograss, blue grama, sedges, and forbs. Mellette County, South Dakota, 1971.