Runoff is medium or rapid. Permeability is moderately slow. Where moderately well drained a perched water table has an upper limit of 3 to 6 feet during November to April. Most of the Minnith soils are cleared and used for pasture. Cultivated areas are used to grow corn and wheat.
Some areas remain in forest of oak and hickory.
Native vegetation is mixed hardwoods. The series is of moderate extent. Genevieve County, Missouri, 1982. In the past this soil has been included in the mapping of or considered a taxadjunct to the Winfield series. It is commonly associated with St. Peter and Everton sandstone formations.