Gilpin soils are fine-loamy, have acid interbedded bedrock within 40 inches, and are on narrow summits and backslopes. Guernsey and Keene soils are moderately well drained and are on similar landscape positions except Guernsey soils are also on steeper hillsides. Rarden soils are moderately well drained, have acid shale within a depth of 40 inches, and are on summits or hillsides. Upshur soils lack the silty mantle and also occur on hillsides. Wellston and Zanesville soils are on similar landscape positions but are fine-silty, and in addition, Zanesville soils have a fragipan.
Surface runoff is medium to rapid.
Permeability is moderate in the silty part of the solum and slow in the clayey horizons. The principal crops are corn, wheat, oats and mixed hay. Some areas are in woodland. Hickory, poplar, maple, and gum were dominant natural species. The Allegheny Plateau in southeastern Ohio and possibly nearby areas of West Virginia.