Berks soils are on uplands and are less than 40 inches deep to fractured shale bedrock. Laidig soils have a fragipan. Rushtown soils are silty and contain many fine shale fragments. These soils are subject to flooding. More than one-half of these soils are in forest and the remainder is used for growing pasture and crops.
Crops are mixed hay, small grain, and corn.
Native vegetation is yellow-poplar, white pine, northern red oak, and white oak. The series is of moderate extent. Augusta County, Virginia, 1976. Fluventic feature - organic carbon decreases irregularly with depth.