Well drained or moderately well drained. Surface runoff is medium. Permeability is moderate. Soils are cultivated. Corn, soybeans, small grains, and hay are the principal crops.
Native vegetation is tall prairie grass.
Adams County, Iowa, 1960. Taxonomic version - Second edition, 1999. Using the 1999 edition of Soil Taxonomy, this pedon classifies as Pachic Argiudolls. This issue needs to be addressed. Soils in the Wiota series in southwestern Iowa generally have thicker mollic epipedons and are less acid than the Wiota soils of eastern Iowa.