These soils are on esker and kame like relief along the edges of major valleys at elevations of 300 to 1,000 feet. Slopes are 0 to 70 percent. The soils formed in glacial outwash. They have cool, dry summers and mild, wet winters. The average annual precipitation ranges from 35 to 65 inches, most of which falls between October and April.
Some snow falls in winter.
These are the Alderwood , Everett , Harstine , Indianola , and Kitsap soils. Alderwood and Harstine soils have dense glacial till at a depth of 20 to 40 inches. Everett soils average more than 35 percent rock fragments in the 10 to 40 inch control section. Indianola soils have a sandy control section. Kitsap soils are a fine-silty.