These soils formed in sandy glaciofluvial deposits on lake plains, till plains and outwash plains.
Permeability is slow in the ortstein and rapid in the remainder of the profile.
Slope gradient ranges from 0 to 6 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is about 32 inches. 44 degrees 26 minutes 54 seconds N. and long. The base of soil development ranges from 20 to 55 inches. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to moderately acid throughout the series control section.