Alvira, Shelmadine and Watson soils have fragipans with low chroma mottles. Berks are similar soils that do not have argillic horizons. Bedington soils have less than 35 percent rock fragments in the upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon. Weikert soils have bedrock within a depth of 20 inches. Runoff is medium to very rapid.
Permeability is moderate to moderately rapid.
Most areas are used for crops, pasture, orchards and truck crops. Wooded areas are dominantly in mixed oaks. East central Pennsylvania and Virginia. The extent is moderate with about 90,000 acres. Union County, Pennsylvania, 1940.