The Sutton series consists of very deep, moderately well drained loamy soils formed in supraglacial till. They are nearly level to strongly sloping soils on till plains, low ridges, and hills, typically on lower slopes and in slight depressions. Slope ranges from 0 to 15 percent.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the surface layer, subsoil, and substratum.
Mean annual temperature is about 50 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation is about 47 inches. Sutton fine sandy loam, extremely stony - forested, with a one inch layer of undecomposed litter on surface. Thickness of the solum ranges from 20 to 38 inches. Depth to bedrock is commonly more than 6 feet. Rock fragments range from 5 to 35 percent by volume to a depth of 40 inches and up to 50 percent below 40 inches.