The Halsey series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils formed in glaciofluvial deposits on level or nearly level terraces and flood plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 8 percent.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the solum and rapid or very rapid in the substratum.
Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F. and mean annual precipitation is about 45 inches. Halsey loam - cultivated. The thickness of the solum and depth to sand and gravel ranges from 20 to 40 inches and varies widely within short horizontal distances. Depth to bedrock is greater than 6 feet. The particle size control section averages 7 to 18 percent clay.