Somewhat poorly drained. The potential for surface water runoff is low or medium. Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the solum, and slow in the lower part. In drained areas, depth to the top of an intermittent perched water table is 0.5 to 2 feet from December to April in most years. Most areas are used for growing corn, soybeans, and small grain.
Native vegetation is mixed, hardwood forest.
The series is of moderate extentin MLRA 122. Orange County, Indiana, 1980. Source of the name is a hamlet in Orange County, Indiana. The Bromer series includes soils previously mapped as the Lawrence seriesin MLRA 122 in Indiana. Clay films with chroma of 2 or less are iron depleted.