The excessively drained Hinckley, somewhat excessively drained Merrimac, and the moderately well drained Sudbury soils are common drainage associates. Agawam, Branford, Enfield, Haven, Ninigret, and Tisbury soils are better drained terrace associates that are loamy over stratified sand and gravel. The well drained Canton and Charlton soils and the somewhat excessively drained Gloucester soils are on nearby till uplands. Deerfield, Hartford, Manchester, and Windsor soils are coarse-textured soils on nearby glaciofluvial landforms. Occum, Pootatuck, and Rippowam soils are on flood plains.
Surface runoff is slow.
Permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and rapid or very rapid in the substratum. Walpole soils have a water table at or near the surface much of the year. Most areas are wooded. Cleared areas are used for hay and pasture. Drained areas are used for silage corn and hay.