Soil Series Atlas

Drummer soil series

Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inATopsoil18–36 cm · 7–14 inBASubsoil grading from topsoil36–48 cm · 14–19 inBgSubsoil · gleyed: gray from wetness48–64 cm · 19–25 inBtg1Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness64–81 cm · 25–32 inBtg2Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness81–104 cm · 32–41 in2Btg3Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness, different parent material104–119 cm · 41–47 in2CgParent material · gleyed: gray fromwetness, different parent material119–152 cm · 47–60 in050100150cmApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inATopsoil18–36 cm · 7–14 inBASubsoil grading fromtopsoil36–48 cm · 14–19 inBgSubsoil · gleyed: grayfrom wetness48–64 cm · 19–25 inBtg1Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness64–81 cm · 25–32 inBtg2Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness81–104 cm · 32–41 in2Btg3Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness, differentparent material104–119 cm · 41–47 in2CgParent material ·gleyed: gray fromwetness, differentparent material119–152 cm · 47–60 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 152 cm (60 in), 8 horizons.

Mollisols — soils with a thick, dark, organic-rich topsoil

Drummer is mapped on 1.50 million acres in 4 states, 79th nationally by area. No series covers more of Illinois: it accounts for 4.2% of the state’s mapped soil. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Endoaquolls. It is the largest of the 22 established series in its family. It is the state soil of Illinois.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Poorly drained
Water movement
Moderately high

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Where Drummer is mapped

1,496,856 acres in 88 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndiana: 139,340 acresKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinois: 1,343,362 acresNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhio: 3,128 acresOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsin: 11,027 acresNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Drummer acres

  1. Illinois90%
  2. Indiana9%
  3. Wisconsin0.7%
  4. Ohio0.2%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Illinois 1st of 582 · 4.20%
  • Indiana 40th of 534 · 0.70%

In the field

Drainage

Poorly drained

Drains fastStays wet

5 other atlas series are poorly drained, none of them Mollisols.

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Water movement (Ksat)

Moderately high

SlowFast
Parent material
Loess, glacial outwash, glacial till
Landform
Depressions/drainageways, outwash plains, terraces, till plains
Major land resource areas
95B, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115
Type location
Illinois

How it is classified

  1. OrderMollisols
  2. SuborderAquolls
  3. Great groupEndoaquolls
  4. SubgroupTypic Endoaquolls
  5. FamilyFine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquollsfine-silty particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Mollisols

Drummer makes up 0.34% of all mapped Mollisols — the 26th largest of 7,593 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

119 cm over a median of 104 cm

Depth to the subsoil

36 cm over a median of 25 cm

Its relatives

21 other established series share the family “Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls”

  1. Drummer1.5 M
  2. Sable953 k
  3. Pella419 k
  4. Patton304 k
  5. Elpaso246 k
  6. Marcus138 k
  7. Hartsburg107 k
  8. Garwin99 k
  9. Wacousta58 k

Other Mollisols in this atlas

  1. Drummer152 cm · Typic Endoaquolls
  2. Williams152 cm · Typic Argiustolls
  3. Ector102 cm · Lithic Calciustolls
  4. Harney152 cm · Typic Argiustolls
  5. Pullman203 cm · Torrertic Paleustolls
  6. Tarrant76 cm · Lithic Calciustolls

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–18 cm0–7 in18 cm
ATopsoil18–36 cm7–14 in18 cm
BASubsoil grading from topsoil36–48 cm14–19 in12 cm
BgSubsoil: gleyed: gray from wetness48–64 cm19–25 in16 cm
Btg1Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness64–81 cm25–32 in17 cm
Btg2Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness81–104 cm32–41 in23 cm
2Btg3Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness, different parent material104–119 cm41–47 in15 cm
2CgParent material: gleyed: gray from wetness, different parent material119–152 cm47–60 in33 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2015-12), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides