The Worden series consists of somewhat poorly drained soils on glaciated uplands. They formed in compact, loamy glacial till. The soils are shallow or moderately deep to dense basal till and very deep to bedrock.
Permeability is moderate in the solum, and moderately slow or slow in the dense substratum.
Slopes range from 3 to 25 percent. Worden loam, on a west-facing slope of 9 percent, in a wooded area, covered by 3 inches of undecomposed hardwood leaves and twigs. The thickness of the solum ranges from 18 to 30 inches. Depth to bedrock is greater than 60 inches. Reaction ranges from extremely acid through moderately acid in the solum, and from strongly acid through slightly acid in the Cd horizon.