Moderately well drained and well drained. Runoff is medium to very rapid, depending on slope. Permeability is moderate above the fragipan and slow in the fragipan. Most areas are used for cropland and pasture. Principal crops are hay, small grain, and corn.
Steeper slopes are in woodland.
East central Ohio and western Pennsylvania. The series is of moderate extent. The type location has been moved to Richland County with this revision of the series. Hanover soils are being restricted to that part of the Illinoian till plain from Richland County, Ohio, eastward into Pennsylvania. Base saturation is consistently higher than 35 percent on lobes of the Illinoian glaciation south and west of Richland County.