The Canton series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in a loamy mantle underlain by sandy glacial till. They are on nearly level to very steep glaciated plains, hills, and ridges. Slope ranges from 0 to 35 percent.
Permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and rapid in the substratum.
The mean annual temperature is about 46 degrees F. and the annual precipitation is about 44 inches. Canton fine sandy loam, forested, extremely stony. 42 degrees 05 minutes 46 seconds N., and long. 71 degrees 11 minutes 19 seconds W., NAD 27. Solum thickness ranges from 18 to 36 inches and corresponds closely to the depth to the sandy till.