Blairton and Comly soils are moderately well drained. Brinkerton soils are poorly drained. Gilpin soils have fewer rock fragments and are on similar landscapes. Weikert soils have bedrock at a depth of less than 20 inches and are on similar landscape positions. The potential for surface runoff is negligible to high.
Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid.
Depth to a seasonal high water table is more than 6 feet. Approximately 60 percent of Berks soils are in cropland and pasture, the remainder are in woodland or other uses. Principal crops are corn, wheat, oats, barley, Christmas trees and hay. Native vegetation is mixed, deciduous hardwood forest. The series is of large extent.