The potential for surface runoff is negligible to medium. Corn and soybeans are the principal row crops. A few areas are used for pasture or are in woodland. Northern Indiana and southern Michigan. The series is of moderate extent.
Native vegetation is deciduous forest.
Miami County, Indiana, 1977. The type location was moved to more typically represent the Ormas series, the availability of lab data, and Ormas was not present at the former location. Transect shows 90 percent Ormas soil and 10 percent Oshtemo soil.