Herkimer soils are on nearby alluvial fans. Locally Mohawk areas grade into areas of Honeoye , Lansing , and Danley series and their wetter associates. Well to moderately well drained. Permeability is moderate above the basal till. About 85 percent is cleared, and most of this is used for pasture, hay, corn, and oats.
Forested areas have northern hardwoods with sugar maple dominant.
New York, in the Mohawk and Black River valleys and locally on the northern edge of the Allegheny Plateau. Total area is moderately extensive. Montgomery County, New York, 1908. Except for color and organic matter distinctions, criteria for differentiating Baltimore, Lester, Razort, and Renox series are not available.