Moomaw soils have fragipans and are on terraces. Shottower soils contain more clay in the subsoil and are on high terraces. Permeability is moderate. Runoff is slow to rapid. Subject to flooding.
Most areas are in cultivated crops or pasture.
A few areas are in forest. Major crops are corn and hay. The Valley and Ridge physiographic province of Virginia and possibly Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Extent is moderate. Shenandoah County, Virginia, 1988.