Permeability is moderate in the solum and rapid in the underlying material. The depth to the apparent seasonal high water table is 0.5 to 1.5 feet in January through May in most years. The potential for surface runoff is negligible to medium. Most areas are drained and cultivated. Principal crops are corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, hay crops, with some tomatoes and sugar beets.
Native vegetation is deciduous hardwood forest.
Central and west-central Ohio and northeastern Indiana. The Digby series is of moderate extent. Paulding County, Ohio, 1957. With this OSD revision, the typical pedon of the Digby series is being transferred to Mercer County, Ohio. The clayey substratum phase has fine-textured till or lacustrine material within a depth of 40 to 60 inches.