Hickory and Lindley soils have more sand and coarse fragments throughout. Keswick soils have redder B horizons and contain more sand throught. The somewhat poorly drained Keomah soils and the poorly drained Rushville soils are upslope. The moderately well drained Ladoga soils are on nearby similar landscape positions. Moderately well drained.
Surface runoff is medium to rapid.
Permeability is moderately slow. Depth to an intermittent apparent seasonal high water table is 4 to 5 feet from November through July in most years. They are used for pasture and cropland. Principal crops are corn, soybeans, oats, and meadows. Native vegetation was deciduous forest of the oak-hickory type.