Canton, Charlton, Cheshire, and Narragansett soils are well drained and do not have a dense substratum. Hollis soils have bedrock within a depth of 10 to 20 inches. Leicester, Ridgebury, and Stissing soils are poorly drained. Newport and Paxton soils are well drained. Pittstown soils have rock fragments dominated by dark phyllite, slate, shale or schist.
Scituate soils have a loamy sand substratum.
Wethersfield soils are well drained and have 5YR or redder hue in the B horizon. Moderately well drained. Surface runoff is slow to medium. Permeability is moderate in the solum and slow or very slow in the substratum. Rainbow soils have a seasonal high water table.