The climate is characterized by warm dry summers and cool moist winters. These are the Chamokane , Colville , and Narcisse soils. Chamokane soils are loam in the upper part and have an irregular decrease in organic matter with depth. Colville soils have a fine-silty control section. Narcisse soils have a mollic epipedon more than 60 inches thick.
Most areas are under cultivation.
Small grains, clover, and grasses are the principal crops. Principal vegetation of uncultivated areas is water tolerant grasses, willows, birch, western larch, cedar, and wild rose. Glaciated parts of northern Washington. This series is small in extent. Stevens County, Washington, 1913.