Sharondale soils are in deep coves of north and east facing slopes, have a mollic epipedon, and are loamy-skeletal. Marrowbone soils are on lower side slopes and are moderately deep. Jefferson, Pineville, and Shelocta soils are on lower lying landscapes of smaller, less sloping mountains and have an argillic horizon. In addition, Jefferson soils are siliceous. Runoff is slow to very rapid.
Permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and moderate or moderately rapid in the C horzon.
Most areas are in second growth forest with mixed stands of white oak, American Beech, mockernut hickory, pignut hickory, black oak, sugar maple, sassafrass, red maple, chestnut oak, Virginia pine, and flowering dogwood. Less sloping areas are used for pasture, and sites for houses and gardens. Fedscreek soils are in the Allegheny-Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky with possible similar areas in West Virginia, Virginia, and eastern Tennessee. The area is estimated to be of large extent, about 200,000 acres. Source of the name is a small community in Pike County.