The regolith is glacial outwash that is fairly high in shale and low in carbonates. Summers are hot and winters are cold. Mean annual temperature ranges from 45 to 57 degrees F., and average annual precipitation from 30 to 40 inches. Alida soils, a wetter member of the same drainage sequence, is the commonest associate. Others are the Door, Tracy , Hanna and Quinn soils.
Surface runoff is slow to very slow.
Permeability is moderate. Native vegetation was forest and grass. The series is of moderate extent, estimated 30,000 to 40,000 acres. This soil was formerly classified as Gray Brown Podzolic soils intergrading to Brunizems. The concept of this series has not been changed.