IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Drummer

OSD

Series Extent

Local Phase: drained

User Site ID: S2018IL019001

User Pedon ID: S2018IL019001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 19N0124

Print Date: 12/6/2025

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 40.0911638

Std. Longitude: -88.2150000

Datum: WGS84

Township: 19N

Range: 9E

Section: 20

PLSS Details: 750 meters south and 280 meters east of the northwest corner of section 20, T19N, R9E, NW160, SW40, SE10

Location Description: University of Illinois Arboretum, East and a little south of the Japanese House parking lot. North of Turfgrass managment Shed. Current Walnut grove, just east of dirt road. Site of new Drummer soil pit. Potential site for new OSD location for Drummer OSD. shallow upland drainageway, swale in Champaign end moraine.

Map Unit: 152A—Drummer silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Illinois

County: IL019—Champaign

MLRA: 108A—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift, Eastern Part

Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL019—Champaign County, Illinois

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-A2—Urbana, Illinois

PEDON

Describers Name: SJI (Sam Indorante-SIU-E NRCS-Retired), SMW (Scott Wiesbrook-PRI-INHS), RDC Ron Collman (NRCS), Students (Grace Trankina, Dinaz Bamji)

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Drummer

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 10/23/2018

Classifier - RCollman, SIndorante, SWiesbrook

Moisture Class - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Forest Overstory Veg. Type - none

Hydric: yes

Certification Status: not certified

SITE

Parent Material: Loess and local colluvium over outwash with strata of lacustrine

Landform: drainageway, Champaign end moraine, swale

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Pattern: dendritic

Runoff: very low

Ksat Class Upper: moderately high

Ksat Class Lower: moderately low

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding for extremely brief periods

Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/22/2018 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Collman, Indorante

Hydrology Status: drier than natural

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - yes

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - yes

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 18

Kind of Land: grazable woodland, formerly cultivated

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon endosaturation aquic conditions reduced matrix cambic horizon redox concentrations lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity free carbonates	0—30 30—200 30—200 30—200 30—148 30—200 148—175 175—200 175—200	—30— —170— —170— —170— —118— —170— —27— —25— —25—

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
0.5	300	200	731	—	338	—	—	185	10.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	IL8740	Urbana, Illinois	—

0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and few very coarse roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and many fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and few coarse high-continuity tubular pores; ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00653; moist when described; observed in pit, small

18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; many medium high-continuity dendritic tubular and many fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and few coarse high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00654; moist when described; observed in pit, small

30 to 52 centimeters (11.8 to 20.5 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; many medium high-continuity dendritic tubular and many fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and few coarse high-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent very fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 19N00655; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1678675; patchy - phpvsfiid 1678674; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1678675; patchy - phpvsfiid 1678674

52 to 87 centimeters (20.5 to 34.3 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few very coarse roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; many fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and few coarse high-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 19N00656; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1678676; continuous - phpvsfiid 1678677; continuous - phpvsfiid 1678676; continuous - phpvsfiid 1678677

87 to 117 centimeters (34.3 to 46.1 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 30 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; few fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; many very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and few coarse high-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 60 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 60 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 7 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 19N00657; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1678681; continuous - phpvsfiid 1678680; patchy - phpvsfiid 1678685; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1678681; continuous - phpvsfiid 1678680; patchy - phpvsfiid 1678685

117 to 148 centimeters (46.1 to 58.3 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; 5 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; few fine roots throughout; many very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and many fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and few coarse high-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 15 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00658; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1678683; continuous - phpvsfiid 1678682; patchy - phpvsfiid 1678686; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1678683; continuous - phpvsfiid 1678682; patchy - phpvsfiid 1678686

148 to 175 centimeters (58.3 to 68.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face stratified stratified gravelly sandy loam to silt loam to gravelly loamy sand; 55 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; few fine roots throughout; few very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries around rock fragments and 25 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 20-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00659; moist when described; observed in pit, small

175 to 200 centimeters (68.9 to 78.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face stratified stratified silt loam; 3 percent sand; 83 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; few fine roots throughout; few very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent medium prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; ; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 19N00660; moist when described; observed in push tube