The moderately deep, well drained Gilpin soils are mainly on summits and shoulders. The deep Hazleton and moderately deep Schaffenaker soils do not have an argillic horizon, and in addition Hazleton soils are loamy-skeletal. These soils are on steep side slopes below Germano soils and on higher domes and ridges. The deep, well drained Rigley soils are on side slopes below Germano soils. The potential for surface runoff is very low to medium.
Permeability is moderately rapid.
Germano soils are cropped on gentler slopes and pastured or wooded on steeper slopes. Natural vegetation was hardwood forest. In east-central and southeastern Ohio, and possibly Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The series is of moderate extent. Harrison County, Ohio, 1991.