The climate is humid and cool. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 35 to 50 inches and the frost-free season from 90 to 140 days. Common associates are the well drained Becket soils and the moderately well drained Skerry soils that formed in dense, coarser textured till. Colton , Adams , and Croghan soils are on nearby landscapes and developed in water sorted sands and gravel. Moderately well drained.
Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderate or moderately rapid in the substratum.
The potential for runoff is low or moderate. Most of this soil is forested. Common species include northern red oak, sugar maple, Eastern white pine, red spruce, white spruce, and balsam fir. Areas cleared of surface stones are used primarily for hay or pasture. The series is of a moderate extent.