Pequea soils are on gently sloping to very steep hillsides and ridges. Slope gradients are between 3 and 50 percent. The soils are formed in residuum weathered from interbedded micaceous limestone, graphitic phyllite, and schist. Conestoga , Hollinger and Letort soils are in the same landscape. Well drained with medium to rapid runoff.
Permeability is moderate to moderately rapid.
Land use is about equally divided between cropland, pasture and woodland. Woodland consists of mixed hardwoods of oak, hickory, and poplar. The series is of moderate extent. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1937. Revised to reflect depth of bedrock at 40-60 inches.