Appling soils formed in residuum weathered from felsic igneous and high-grade metamorphic rock. Colfax soils are somewhat poorly drained to moderately well drained and have a fragipan. Louisburg soils contain less than 18 percent clay and have discontinuous Bt horizons. Worsham soils are poorly drained and are around the heads of drains and for short distances along the drains. Most of the acreage is in cultivation or pasture and the remainder is in forests of mixed hardwoods and pine.
Common crops are corn, tobacco, soybeans, cotton, and small grains.
The Piedmont of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The series is of large extent.