Poorly drained Cordova and Dundas soils are on flats and upper drainageways. Very poorly drained Glencoe soils are in depressions and drainage channels. Poorly drained Hamel soils are on footslopes or toeslopes. Very poorly drained Houghton and Klossner soils are organic and are in depressions. Moderately well drained Le Sueur soils are on slightly elevated flats and less sloping area.
Permeability is moderate.
Runoff is low. A seasonal high apparent water table is at 3.5 to 6 feet during March to June in most years. Native vegetation is mixed prairie grasses and deciduous forest. Meeker County, Minnesota, 1995. However, due to more investigations, it was concluded that Lester soils on a slope of 2 to 5 percent have seasonal high water table between 3.5 and 6 feet rather than 6 feet or greater.