Rainbow and Wapping soils are moderately well drained soils formed in glacial till. Raynham and Walpole soils are poorly drained soils in low terrace areas. Surface runoff is slow to medium. Permeability is moderate in the solum and rapid or very rapid in the substratum. Most areas are used for cultivated crops, hay or pasture.
Common crops are silage corn, vegetables, tobacco and nursery stock.
Some areas are wooded or used for community development. Common trees are red, white and black oak, hickory, white ash, red maple, sugar maple, black birch, beech, hemlock and white pine. The series is of moderate extent. Connecticut Valley Area, 1899. This revision changes the type location from Connecticut to Rhode Island.