The potential for surface runoff is negligible. Permeability is moderate in the solum and very rapid in the underlying material. In drained conditions an apparent high water table is at 0.5 foot above the surface to 1 feet below the surface in most years and in undrained conditions 0.5 foot above the surface to 0.5 foot below the surface. Most areas are used to grow corn and soybeans. Some areas are used for growing small grain or meadow.
Native vegetation is hydrophitic grasses, reeds, and sedges.
The extent is moderate. McHenry County, Illinois, 1996. Named for the McHenry County township in which the type location resides. This soil was formerly mapped Drummer in McHenry County. Through MLRA update activities the areas which were mapped Drummer in several different geologic deposits were re-evaluated.