The well drained Alford soils, the moderately well drained Muren soils and the very 0oorly drained Ragsdale soils are in a drainage sequence with the Iva soils. Hosmer soils contain a fragipan, have browner sola and are on higher topographic positions. Reesville soils are on similar topographic positions. Somewhat poorly drained. Surface runoff is slow or medium.
Permeability is moderate.
Soils are mostly cultivated. Principal crops are corn, soybeans, wheat, and legume grass mixtures. Native vegetation was deciduous forest of oaks, beech and maple. The series is of large extent.