The potential for surface water runoff is low or negligible. Permeability is very slow. The seasonal high water table is above the surface to 1.5 feet below the surface in spring in normal years. Most areas are cultivated. Corn, soybeans, small grain, and meadow are the principal crops.
Native vegetation is mixed hardwood forest.
West central Illinois and southeastern Iowa in MLRA 115 and 108. Schuyler County, Illinois, 1930. Engineering test data for the typical pedon are published in the Soil Survey of Adams County, Illinois. University of Illinois soils lab data for 10 pedons are on file at the state office.