Nolin soils are fine-silty and are on flood plains. Moderately well drained. Runoff potential is medium. Permeability is moderate. A wet zone is in this soil at a depth of 2 to 3.5 feet during parts of December through April in most years.
Most areas are in grasses and legumes.
The soils are used for pasture and hay. Other areas are in forest and a few areas are used for grain production. Native vegetation was native grasses and hardwoods. The series is of small extent. This series was originally proposed as a Mollic Hapludalf, but the Oxyaquic subgroup supercedes the Mollic subgroup in the current Keys to Taxonomy.