The Rawsonville series consists of moderately deep, well drained soils on glaciated uplands. They formed in loamy till.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid.
Slope ranges from 3 to 70 percent. Rawsonville fine sandy loam, on a 16 percent east-facing slope, in a rocky wooded area. Approximate latitude 42 degrees 57 minutes 34 seconds N. and longitude 72 degrees 51 minutes 38 seconds W., NAD 27. Thickness of the solum and depth to bedrock range from 20 to 40 inches. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid throughout the soil.