Lansdale soils are well drained. Runoff is moderate. Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid. Lansdale soils are used mostly to grow grass, legumes, small grains, soybeans and corn. They are also extensively used for urban purposes.
Wild vegetation is mixed hardwood, chiefly oaks, hickories and yellow poplar.
The Northern part of Central New Jersey, the Southeastern part of Pennsylvania and Central Maryland. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1905. Lansdale soils were originally defined as having sandy loam or loam in the upper horizons and silty clay loam in the B horizons. Particle-size data consistently average less than 18 percent clay in the Bt horizons.