Permeability is moderate to moderately slow. Runoff is negligible to very low. A perched water table ranges in depth from 40 to 60 inches from January through June. Much of this water comes as seepage from surrounding higher areas. Carman soils are used mainly for cropland, but a few areas are used as native range or tame pasture.
Native vegetation is tall and mid grasses.
The series is inextensive. Woods County, Oklahoma, 1995. Pedogenic lime - present within 30 inches of the soil surface. Argillic horizon - the zone from approximately 9 inches to 57 inches.