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Drummer soil series
Drummer soils cover 1,496,953 mapped acres, mostly in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 14% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on over 99%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 13 of the counties and cities on this site, including Champaign County, IL; Edgar County, IL; Coles County, IL.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2015-12
of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements
of its land: a shallow water table limits basements
median highest linear extensibility (6% and up is high)
median highest clay content in the top 150 cm
USDA's description
The Drummer series consists of very deep, poorly drained soils formed in loess or other silty material and in the underlying loamy stratified outwash on nearly level or depressional parts of outwash plains, stream terraces, and till plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 940 mm (37 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (52 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Drummer, revised 2015-12. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,496,953 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 14.1% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 99.6% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.6% |
| Most common drainage class | Poorly drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls |
| Type location | Champaign County, Illinois |
Where Drummer is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1,343,362 |
| Indiana | 139,340 |
| Wisconsin | 11,119 |
| Ohio | 3,133 |
Places where Drummer leads
Counties and cities where Drummer covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Champaign County, IL | 38% |
| Edgar County, IL | 32% |
| Coles County, IL | 28% |
| Douglas County, IL | 27% |
| Piatt County, IL | 22% |
| Warren County, IN | 17% |
| Kane County, IL | 17% |
| Vermilion County, IL | 16% |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | 14% |
| Kendall County, IL | 14% |
| Shelby County, IL | 11% |
| Grundy County, IL | 10% |
| Boone County, IL | 9% |
Other places where Drummer is a main soil
Counties and cities where Drummer is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
Sources
Shares and properties: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access, weighted by each component's share of its map units. Description: the USDA NRCS series description. How we count.