The competing Mystic soils are upslope on the more stable portion of the low-stepped interfluves. Pershing , Kniffin , and Ladoga soils which formed in loess are also upslope. Soils formed in recent flood plain sediments are downslope from the Caleb soils. Moderately well drained. Runoff is medium on the low gradient slopes and rapid on the steeper slopes.
Permeability is moderate.
Mainly used for growing hay and pasture. Some areas are occasionally cropped to corn and oats and some areas have widely spaced trees. Native vegetation was mixed prairie grasses and deciduous trees. These soils are of moderate extent along major streams and their tributaries. Appanoose County, Iowa, 1970.