Slope gradients range from 0 to 6 percent. The well drained Fox soils, the moderately well drained Ionia soils and the very poorly drained Sebewa soils are in a drainage sequence with the Matherton soils. Gilford soils are very poorly drained and have a mollic epipedon. Somewhat poorly drained. The depth to the seasonal high water table ranges from 1 to 2 feet.
Surface runoff is slow.
Permeability is moderate in the solum and rapid or very rapid in the 3C horizon. The greater part is cropped to corn, beans, small grains, and hay. A small part is in permanent pasture or forest. The native vegetation was forest of red maple, American elm, white ash, swamp white oak, American basswood, and hickory. The series is of moderate extent.