These soils formed in dense glacial till.
Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderately slow or slow in the dense substratum.
Slope ranges from 0 to 50 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 40 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is about 38 inches at the type location. Dixfield fine sandy loam, on an 8 percent north-facing slope in a very stony wooded area. 45 degrees 04 minutes 55 seconds N. and long. 70 degrees 28 minutes 44 seconds W., NAD 27.