In addition, Allenwood, Bedington, Gilpin, Rayne, and Westmoreland soils have argillic horizons and are nonskeletal. The subsoils of Cavode, Ernest, and Wharton soils have low chroma redoximorphic features. Well drained with moderate to very rapid runoff. Permeability is moderately rapid to rapid. Most is cleared and used for cropland and pasture or is idle.
Forested areas are mixed, deciduous hardwoods.
The series is of large extent. Union County, Pennsylvania, 1939. In 1994 the Type Location was visited and redescribed as part of the MLRA 147 update in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. Some pedons sampled as Weikert have a CEC class of semiactive. In some areas the Weikert series may include somewhat excessively drained soils.