The Elliber series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in residuum weathered from calcareous shale, siliceous siltstone,silty chert, and cherty limestone. Slopes range from 3 to 50 percent.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid.
Mean annual precipitation is 42 inches. Elliber very cherty silt loam - wooded. Solum thickness ranges from 40 to 80 inches. The top of the argillic horizon is 15 to 40 inches below the surface. Depth to bedrock is greater than 60 inches.