Climate is transitional maritime - continental. Mean annual temperature is about 35 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation ranges is about 18 inches. Medium to rapid runoff. Moderate permeability in the loess mantle, moderately slow below. Wildlife habitat, agriculture and urban uses.
Native vegetation includes paper birch, white spruce, quaking aspen, bluejoint grass and low shrubs.
The series is extensive. Matanuska-Susitna Soil Survey Area, Alaska, 1996.