They are very deep to bedrock and moderately deep to dense till. They are on upland till plains and moraines.
Permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and moderately slow in the substratum.
Slope ranges from 3 to 35 percent. Mean annual temperature is 50 degrees F. and mean annual precipitation is 43 inches. Annisquam gravelly fine sandy loam, on a 19 percent slope in an extremely bouldery forested area. Thickness of the solum and depth to the dense till range from 20 to 30 inches. Fragments larger than 10 inches range from 5 to 30 percent in the surface layer and from 5 to 25 percent in the subsoil and substratum.