The climate is humid and cool temperate. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 40 to 47 inches. The growing season is l30 to l95 days. These are the Canton , Charlton , Gloucester , Hollis , Leicester , Narragansett , and Sutton soils on nearby landscapes. Canton, Charlton, Gloucester, Leicester, Narragansett, and Sutton soils are more than 40 inches deep to bedrock.
Hollis soils are shallow to bedrock.
Runoff is slow or medium. Internal drainage is rapid and permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and rapid in the substratum above consolidated bedrock. Largely in cut-over forests of red, white, black and chestnut oaks, hickory and white pine. Some areas have been cleared and are in pasture, hay or are idle. Scattered areas are mined and the rock fragments are used for surfacing driveways and unpaved roads.