Brownstone, Grotto, Guardlake, Marblemount, Teneriffe and Waiska soils are from outside of Region R. Brownstone and Marblemount soils have lithic or paralithic contact between 20 and 40 inches. Colton, Masardis, Stetson, and Waiska soils have stratification in the lower part of the pedon. Grotto soils have an ustic moisture regime. Guardlake soils have higher soil reaction in the substratum with rock fragments dominated by limestone. Teneriffe soils have a volcanic ash mantle.
Hermon soils are on glaciated upland plains, hills, and ridges.
Slope is dominantly 3 to 25 percent, but ranges from 0 to 60 percent. The soils formed in glacial till derived mainly from granite and gneiss. The climate is humid and cool temperate. The frost-free season ranges from 90 to 160 days. Elevation ranges from 5 to 2800 feet above mean sea level.