Clyde soils are in a drainage sequence with the Floyd soils, which are upslope at higher elevations than the Clyde soils, as are the Bassett, Kenyon, Oran, Ostrander, and Racine soils. As drainageways increase in width, the Clyde soils grade to Coland and Marshan soils. Bassett, Kenyon, Oran, Ostrander, and Racine soils are not as wet as Clyde soils and formed mainly in glacial till. Coland soils have a color of 3 value that extends to depths of 36 or more inches. Poorly and very poorly drained.
Surface runoff is slow.
Permeability is in the upper part of the range of moderate in the loamy sediments and in the lower part of the range of moderate in the underlying glacial till. Where not artificially drained, Clyde soils are used for pasture. Native vegetation was tall prairie grasses. In northeastern Iowa, north-central Illinois, southeastern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin. The Clyde soils are extensive, more than 400,000 acres.