Loudonville and Mechanicsburg soils are on areas where sandstone or siltstone is moderately deep and deep, respectively. The potential for surface runoff is low to high. The depth to an intermittent perched seasonal high water table is 3.5 to 6 feet between December and May in normal years. Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the solum and moderately slow in the lower part of the solum and substratum. Most areas are cultivated.
Principal crops are corn, soybeans, small grain, and hay.
Steeper slopes are commonly in pasture or woodland. The native vegetation is deciduous hardwood forest. The series is of moderate extent, about 65,000 acres. Knox County, Ohio, 1983. Competing series may change as they are updated to the 8TH Edition of Keys to Soil Taxonomy.