Carwile soils are poorly drained. Runoff is negligible to low and ponding occurs in depressional areas. One or more layers are saturated within 200 cm of the soil surface for some time in most years, but not continuous, and also has one or more unsaturated layers with an upper boundary above 200 cm depth, below the saturated layer. Most areas are cultivated to grain sorghum, wheat, and other small grains. Some areas are range and used for grazing by beef cattle.
Native vegetation is mainly tall grass.
The series is moderately extensive. Directly below the mollic epipedon, a matrix with a color value, moist, of 4, a chroma of 2 and some redoximorphic depletions with a color value, moist, of 4 or more and a chroma of 1 or less. Carwile soils were formerly classified in the Planosols great soil group.