The Gatton soils have fragipans. The Sonora soils have silt loam or silty clay loam upper B horizons. Vertrees soils have silty clay or clay Bt horizons. Well drained with moderate to rapid runoff. Permeability is moderately rapid.
Most areas used for pasture or forest, and some is used for growing tobacco, corn, and hay.
Native forest have oak, hickory, maple, poplar, dogwood, persimmon, and sassafras as the dominant species. The Pennyroyal region of Kentucky and possibly Tennessee. Extent is moderate.