The Cheshire series consists of very deep, well drained loamy soils formed in supraglacial till on uplands. They are nearly level to very steep soils on till plains and hills. Slope ranges from 0 to 60 percent.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid.
Mean annual temperature is about 50 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation is about 47 inches. Cheshire fine sandy loam - cultivated field. USGS Wallingford topographic quadrangle, latitude 41 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds N., longitude 72 degrees 46 minutes 23 seconds W., NAD 27. Thickness of the solum ranges from 20 to 38 inches. Depth to bedrock is commonly more than 6 feet.