These soils formed in materials similar to the Le Sueur soils and are members of a hydrosequence with the Le Sueur soils. The poorly drained Cordova and Hamel soils are common associates on adjacent nearly level slopes. The well drained Lester soils are the most common associate on the undulating to gently undulating slopes. The well drained Hayden soils and the poorly drained Dundas soils are associates in some places. Somewhat poorly drained.
Surface runoff is low.
Permeability is moderate. An apparent water table is at 1.5 to 2.5 feet during November to June in most years. Mostly under cultivation with corn, soybeans, grain, and hay the principal crops. Native vegetation was deciduous forest, dominantly elm, basswood, and maple in some areas, and oak with prairie and brush understory in the timber outliers within the prairie. This soil is extensive.