The moderately well drained and well drained Otwell soils are on summits, shoulders and backslopes. The potential for surface water runoff is high or very high. Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the solum and slow in the lower part. Most areas are used for woodland. A few areas are used for pasture.
Native vegetation is deciduous hardwood forest.
The acreage is of small extent in MLRA 114. Owen County, Indiana, 1997. Source of name is a lake in Owen County. The gray mottles, gray matrix colors and iron concentrations are relic features which do not indicate present drainage conditions. These soils were mapped Otwell, calcareous substratum in the 1964 Owen County Soil Survey.