Slopes are 0 to 35 percent. The soils are in a mild marine climate and have cool, moist summers and cool, wet winters. Mean annual precipitation is 100 to 140 inches. Average January temperature is about 38 degrees F, average July temperature is about 61 degrees F, and the mean annual temperature is about 49 degrees F. Frost-free season is 140 to 190 days. These are the Hoh , Huel , Mudcreek , and Queets soils.
Hoh soils are coarse-loamy and lack a cambic horizon.
Huel soils are sandy-skeletal and lack a cambic horizon. Queets soils are medial. Mudcreek soils are on ground moraines and have dense till at 20 to 40 inches. Moderately well drained, medium runoff, permeability of the surface layer and subsoil is moderate and permeability of the substratum is rapid. Timber production is the principal use.