Blairton, Cavode, Ernest and Wharton soils have mottled subsoils. Shelocta soils are more than 40 inches to rock. Upshur soils have finer textures. Weikert soils have bedrock at 20 inches or less. Gilpin soils are mainly used for cropland and pasture.
Wooded areas are in mixed hardwoods, mainly oaks.
The series is of large extent. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1931.