Chippeny soils are in depressions and drainage ways in the till and outwash plains glacial lake beaches and are moderatley deep to bedrock. Slope gradients are generally less than 2 percent, but range to 12 percent on some seepy bench positions. The well drained Kiva , Longrie , and Summerville , the somewhat poorly drained Sundell and Nahma and the very poorly drained Ruse are the commonly associated mineral soils. All the mineral soils but Kiva are underlain by limestone bedrock at depths of less than 40 inches. Very poorly drained.
Surface runoff is slow or ponded.
Permeability above the lithic contact is moderately slow or moderate. These soils are primarily in woodland. Dominant species include alder, aspen, balsam fir, black ash, northern white cedar, paper birch, and red maple. The northern part of the lower peninsula and upper peninsula of Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and New York. The soil is of moderate extent with about 12,000 acres correlated.