Elkmound soils formed in a thin layer of loamy deposits and are underlain by sandstone at a depth of less than 20 inches. The mean temperature ranges from 45 to about 51 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to about 35 inches. These are the competing Boone , Hixton , and Northfield soils and the Gale soils. They are all on similar landscapes but not easily distinguished from one another on surface features alone. Gale soils have thicker, finer textured sola and argillic horizons.
Surface runoff is slow to very rapid.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid. Native vegetation was mixed deciduous forests, with oak predominating. This soil is of large extent. Green County, Wisconsin, 1969. There is some question as to whether the mineralogy would be best characterized as siliceous rather than mixed.