Relief is usually less than 100 feet. Slopes range from 3 to 35 percent. These soils formed in residuum from argillaceous limestone. Hagerstown soils have hue redder than 7.5YR in the Bt horizon and average more than 35 percent clay in the control section. Runoff is medium to very rapid.
Permeability is moderate.
These soils are mostly cleared and used for pasture, cropland, and orchards. A small acreage is in woodland of mixed hardwoods. The Appalachian Ridge and Valley province in West Virginia and possibly Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The soils of this series are not extensive. Berkeley County, West Virginia, 1994.