Watchaug soils have a seasonal high water table. Cleared areas are used mostly for cultivated crops, hay, or pasture. Some areas are used for vegetables, nursery stock, and other specialty crops. Scattered areas are used for community development. Stony areas are mostly wooded.
Common trees are red, white, and black oak, red maple, ash, gray birch, white pine, and hemlock.
The series is of small extent. Hartford County, Connecticut, 1959. This revision reflects update in soil taxonomy and general updating. Cation exchange activity class placement determined from a review of limited lab data and similar or associated soils.