Pawnee soils are on higher positions and have more clay in the argillic horizon. Runoff is medium or rapid. Permeability is moderately slow. Most areas of Elmont soils are cultivated. Winter wheat, grain sorghums, soybeans, and alfalfa are the principal crops.
Native vegetation is tall prairie grasses with some scattered deciduous trees.
The series is moderately extensive with about 75,000 acres.