Moderately well drained Nessel soils have plane or slightly convex slopes. Poorly drained Ames and Dundas soils have slightly concave to slightly convex slopes with gradient of less than 2 percent. Poorly drained Hamel soils are on toe slopes. Organic soils are common associates in some places. Runoff is medium and rapid.
Permeability is moderate.
Mostly cleared and cultivated to corn, soybeans, small grain, and hay. Native vegetation was deciduous forest of maple, basswood, oak, and elm. Southeastern Minnesota and in central Iowa. Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1929. Refer to Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Central File Code No. 967 for results of some laboratory analysis of the typical pedon.