Elevation ranges from 700 to 1000 feet. The frost-free period is 140 to 180 days. These are the well drained Milton soils and the somewhat poorly drained Randolph soils that form a toposequence with the Millsdale soils. Very poorly drained. An apparent water table is 1 foot above to 1 foot below the surface during November to May of most years.
Permeability is moderately slow.
The potential for surface runoff is negligible to high. Most areas are cultivated. Corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay are the principal crops. Some areas are used as permanent pasture or as woodland. The native vegetation is deciduous forest, primarily ash, beech, elm, and maple, or was wet prairie.