GOSS SERIES The Goss series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in colluvium and residuum weathered from cherty limestone or cherty dolomite and some interbedded shale. These soils are on uplands. Slopes range from 1 to 70 percent. Mean annual temperature is 53 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 39 inches. USE AND VEGETATION: Areas are used for woodland and pasture. Native vegetation is upland hardwoods.

BARDLEY SERIES The Bardley series consists of moderately deep, well drained soils that formed in hillslope sediments and the underlying residuum from dolomite interbedded with some limestone and sandstone. These soils are on summits, side slopes, back slopes, and nose slopes of hills and ridges. Slopes range from 2 to 100 percent. Mean annual temperature is 56 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 42 inches.  USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the Bardley soils are forested. Some are cleared and used for pasture. Native vegetation is mixed hardwoods.