The mean annual temperature ranges from 38 to 44 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation ranges from 34 to 46 inches. The frost-free season ranges from 80 to 135 days. Elevation ranges from 300 to 2500 feet above mean sea level. These are the Chesuncook , Elliottsville , Monarda and Telos soils. The moderately well drained Chesuncook, poorly drained Monarda, and somewhat poorly drained Telos soils are all very deep to bedrock soils at lower elevations on the landscape.
Elliottsville soils are well drained and moderately deep to bedrock.
Somewhat excessively drained. Permeability is moderate. Common tree species include red spruce, white spruce, balsam fir, sugar maple, paper birch, yellow birch and eastern white pine with some northern white cedar. The series is of moderate extent. Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County, Maine Soil Survey, 1992.