Mean annual temperature ranges from 42 to 45 degrees F., mean annual precipitation ranges from 35 to 42 inches, and mean annual frost-free days ranges from 120 to 150 days. Elevation ranges from 200 to 900 feet above sea level. These are the competing Carbondale soils, and the Adjidaumo , Munuscong , Searsport , and Swanton soils. The Adjidaumo, Munuscong, Swanton, an Searsport soils are mineral soils on slightly higher landscape positions. Very poorly drained.
Surface runoff is very slow or the soil is ponded.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the organic layers and very slow in the clayey substratum. Many areas are in brushland with speckled alder, willow, red stemmed dogwood, sedges, rushes, and grasses. Some areas are wooded, with red maple, American elm, white ash, northern white cedar, and aspen being the principal species. The St. Lawrence River Valley of Northern New York and the Champlain Plain of New York. The series is of small extent.