These soils formed in loamy outwash and in the underlying calcareous gravel and sand.
Permeability is moderate in the outwash and rapid in the gravel and sand.
Slope ranges from 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 52 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is about 37 inches. Coot loam - on a 1 percent slope in a cultivated field. 1998 feet east and 1132 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 40 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds N. and long.