Runoff is medium. Permeability is moderate or moderately slow in the solum and very slow in the underlying dense till. An intermittent perched high water table is at a depth of 2.0 to 3.5 feet in most years. Mainly used to grow corn and soybeans. A few areas are used for growing small grain, mainly wheat, and for hay and pasture.
Native vegetation is mixed hardwood forest.
East-central and northeastern Indiana. The series is of moderate extent and is distributed mainly in MLRA 111. Delaware County, Indiana, 1996. Source of name - a small community in Delaware County. Royerton soils have previously been correlated as taxadjuncts and Variants of the Rawson series.