Mean annual temperature is 45 to 50 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 25 to 30 inches. The main ones are Barbert , Shorewood , and Lura soils which formed in sediments similar to those of the Minnetonka soils. Moderately and somewhat poorly drained Shorewood soils are on higher lying or more sloping terrain. The very poorly drained Barbert soils are in shallow depressions. The very poorly drained Lura soils are in distinct depressions.
Surface runoff is slow.
Permeability is slow. About one-half is cropped to corn, soybeans, and small grains. The remainder is in forest or pasture. Native vegetation was apparently wet prairie or mixed deciduous forest and wet prairie. Southeastern and south central Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa.