Surface runoff is slow or medium. Permeability is moderately rapid in the solum and very rapid in the underlying material. Mainly used to grow corn, soybeans, and small grain. Some areas are used for pasture. Irrigation is commonly used on these soils.
Native vegetation is mixed hardwood and prairie grasses.
The Bainter series is of small extent in MLRA's 98 and 111. Elkhart County, Indiana, 1996. Source of the name is from a small community in Elkhart County, Indiana. These soils were previously mapped as Billett in the Elkhart County soil survey. This soil is considered as a probable source of sand and gravel.