Cheshire, Holyoke, Ludlow, Menlo, Watchaug, Wethersfield, Wilbraham and Yalesville soils are on nearby till uplands. Ellington soils are moderately well drained terrace associates. Hartford soils have a sandy-skeletal particle size control section. Penwood soils have less than 35 percent rock fragments throughout. Raypol, Raynham and Walpole soils are poorly drained soils in low areas.
Surface runoff is slow to medium.
Permeability is rapid in the surface layer, rapid or very rapid in the subsoil, and very rapid in the substratum. The soils are droughty. Most areas are forested or in brushy vegetation. Cleared areas are used for hay, pasture and silage corn. Small areas, mostly irrigated, are used for tobacco, vegetables and nursery stock.