Bixby soils formed in 24 to 40 inches of a loamy mantle over underlying sandy and gravelly material. Mean annual temperature is about 45 to 52 degrees F, and mean annual precipitaiton is about 28 to 33 inches. The Burnsville , Hayfield , Udolpho , and Wykoff soils, and in a few places the Waukegan soils, are assoicated in upland positions and Kato and Marshan soils are associated in the lower lying areas. These soils are well drained. Commonly used for cultivated crops.
Some areas are woods and some are used for pasture.
Native vegetation was principally oak. The soils are inextensive in southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and Michigan. Dodge County, Minnesota, 1959.