Viraton soils are fine-loamy, have a fragipan and are below the Goodson soils on broad level areas. Moderately well drained. Runoff is medium to high. Permeability is moderately slow. In undisturbed areas, a perched water table has an upper limit of 2.5 to 4.0 feet during December to March in most years.
Most areas are in grasses and legumes.
Some small grain crops are grown on the more gentle slopes. Native vegetation is tall grasses. The series is of moderate extent. Polk County, Missouri, 1995. In southwestern Missouri, these soils formed in materials weathered exclusively from shales and siltstones from the Northview formation.