The moderately deep, somewhat excessively drained Gilwood and Gnawbone soils are typically on shoulders and the upper part of backslopes. The moderately well drained Spickert soils are typically on summits and shoulders. The well drained, more permeable Wrays are on similar landform positions as the Wellrock soils. Runoff is medium or rapid. Permeability is moderately slow.
Most areas are in mixed hardwood forest, the native vegetation.
Some areas are used for pasture, and a few areas are used for growing row crops. Scott County, Indiana, 1994. The name is coined. Wellrock soils were previously correlated as the Wellston series. Geological Survey Occasional Paper 43 from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources describes the Spickert Knob Formation in Indiana.