Watchung soils are poorly drained and dominantly gray in color. They are on upland flats and depressions. Permeability is moderate to moderately rapid in the A horizon, slow to moderately slow in the B horizon, and moderate in the C horizon. Runoff is medium to rapid. Used for growing general farm crops, pasture, and orchards.
Native vegetation includes black oak, yellow poplar, black locust, and black walnut.
The series is of moderate extent. Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909.