A study was undertaken to characterize and classify the soil resources of Shirol West-1 micro-watershed in Gadag district of Karnataka. Twenty three profiles were studied for the morphological, physical and chemical properties. Eight representative pedons covering all the soil types were selected and their properties and classification is discussed in this paper. The soils were very shallow to very deep in depth, very dark grayish brown to very dark grey in black soils, whereas red soils shown reddish brown to dark reddish brown in colour. Soils under the study were predominantly sub-angular blocky in structure, clay in texture, alkaline reaction with non salinity and organic carbon content was low to medium. Calcium and magnesium were the dominant exchangeable cations followed by sodium and potassium. Soils studied were classified up to family level according to revisions in Soil Taxonomy using morphological, physical and chemical properties. Major proportion of the soilsin the micro-watershed belonged to the order Vertisols, Inceptisols and Entisols