Soil Data Explorer - BOEL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BOEL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BOEL, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to BOEL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
102C	80P0053	S1979NE053001	Boel	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4602776,-96.8188858
65	84P0198	83NE089001	Boel	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.4700012,-98.8050003

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BOEL soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the BOEL series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BOEL series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BOEL series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BOEL share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BOEL series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BOEL series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BOEL, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. NE-2012-02-08-12 | Butler County - February 1982

   Typical pattern of soils in the Alda-Boel-Barney association and the Gibbon-Muir-Zook association and relationship of the soils to topography and parent material (Soil Survey of Butler County, Nebraska; February 1982).

2. NE-2012-02-10-17 | Colfax County - January 1982

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in associations 7, 9, and 10 (Soil Survey of Colfax County, Nebraska; January 1982).

3. NE-2012-02-10-22 | Custer County - July 1982

   Typical pattern of soils and relationship of soils to topography and parent material in three associations: No. 8—Cozad association; No. 13—Ipage-Valentine association; No. 14—Boel-Barney-Gannett association (Soil Survey of Custer County, Nebraska; July 1982).

4. NE-2012-02-13-18 | Greeley County - April 1993

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Hord-Cozad and the Boel-Loup-Leshara associations (Soil Survey of Greeley County, Nebraska; April 1993).

5. NE-2012-02-13-38 | Kearney County - September 1984

   Typical pattern of soils in the Alda-Wann-Boel association (Soil Survey of Kearney County, Nebraska; September 1984).

6. NE-2012-02-13-73 | Platte County - September 1988

   Typical landscape pattern of the soils and the underlying material in the Boel-Inavale-Gothenburg association (Soil Survey of Platte County, Nebraska; September 1988).

7. NE-2012-02-13-99 | Sherman County - May 1990

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Loup-Bolent-Barney and Gibbon-Wann-Saltine associations (Soil Survey of Sherman County, Nebraska; May 1990).

8. NE-2012-02-14-11 | Valley County - October 1985

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Cozad-Hord and Boel-Loup-Leshara associations (Soil Survey of Valley County, Nebraska; October 1985).

Map Units

Map units containing BOEL as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Loup-Boel loamy sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	35	10828	95214	362f	co618	1976	1:24000
Boel fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	2100	846	1150103	2zwkw	ks051	1970	1:24000
Boel fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	2100	6	1150225	2zwkw	ks163	1980	1:24000
Boel fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	8415	143	2216098	2dd11	ne001	1970	1:20000
Inglewood-Boel complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	6459	5446	426961	gb8y	ne003	1975	1:20000
Calamus-Boel complex, channeled, rarely flooded	4236	1061	1152522	17p94	ne003	1975	1:20000
Barney-Boel-Calamus complex, channeled	6320	942	1152523	17p95	ne003	1975	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2100	258	427021	2zpxb	ne011	1966	1:20000
Inglewood-Boel complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	6459	35	2216633	2ddl9	ne011	1966	1:20000
Boel-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8425	8	2217503	2dfhc	ne015	1976	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	2100	2277	1700033	1v20s	ne019	1967	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	893	1700034	2y21p	ne019	1967	1:20000
Boel-Alda complex, occasionally flooded	8424	1202	1691265	1trwy	ne023	1979	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	1015	1691264	2y21p	ne023	1979	1:20000
Inavale-Boel complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2351	674	1691293	1trxv	ne023	1979	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	20	2219030	2dh2m	ne023	1979	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2100	1405	427877	2zpxb	ne037	1980	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	1277	2216953	2ddxm	ne037	1980	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	2026	427759	2y21p	ne039	1973	1:20000
Inavale-Boel complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	2352	320	2216980	2ddyh	ne039	1973	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	4357	1699573	1v1jy	ne041	1980	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	2100	2284	1699574	1v1jz	ne041	1980	1:20000
Boel soils, channeled, frequently flooded	8423	1986	1699575	1v1k0	ne041	1980	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	1206	426871	2y21p	ne053	1975	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	2548	1699929	2y21p	ne077	1987	1:20000
Barney-Boel-Calamus complex, channeled	6320	15102	100126	3c5w	ne089	1981	1:20000
Boel-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8425	9595	100080	3c4d	ne089	1981	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	3163	100077	3c49	ne089	1981	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	2100	1047	100078	3c4b	ne089	1981	1:20000
Boel silty clay loam, overwash, occasionally flooded	8422	704	100079	3c4c	ne089	1981	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded, wet	8427	38	2570450	2r987	ne089	1981	1:20000
Boel loam, rarely flooded	8417	4172	99693	3bqx	ne093	1968	1:12000
Boel loamy fine sand, rarely flooded	8419	2003	99691	3bqv	ne093	1968	1:12000
Boel fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	8415	1030	99692	3bqw	ne093	1968	1:12000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	329	2228896	2y21p	ne093	1968	1:12000
Boel fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	8415	2960	1691834	1tsh9	ne099	1982	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, rarely flooded	8419	3709	1698875	1v0tf	ne101	1990	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2100	1200	357681	2zpxc	ne103	1977	1:20000
Barney-Boel complex, channeled	6319	98	2217598	2dflf	ne103	1977	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	93	849190	xhn7	ne107	1989	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded, wet	8427	89	2570464	2r987	ne107	1989	1:20000
Inavale-Boel complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2351	3575	427408	gbrc	ne119	1981	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2100	1578	427387	2zpxb	ne119	1981	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded	8421	359	427388	gbqq	ne119	1981	1:20000
Inglewood-Boel complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	6459	19	2217129	2df39	ne119	1981	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	697	1709626	2y21p	ne121	1978	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2100	1158	427453	2zpxb	ne125	1958	1:20000
Boel-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8425	789	2228989	2dtfw	ne125	1958	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	611	427454	gbsv	ne125	1958	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	318	2228971	2y21p	ne125	1958	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2100	5577	427621	2zpxb	ne141	1984	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	5184	427620	gbz6	ne141	1984	1:20000
Boel-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8425	4554	427622	gbz8	ne141	1984	1:20000
Inavale-Boel complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2351	36	2217195	2df5f	ne141	1984	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	1049	2218989	2y21p	ne143	1967	1:20000
Inavale-Boel complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2351	14	2218995	2dh1h	ne143	1967	1:20000
Barney-Boel complex, channeled	6319	2899	100229	3c96	ne149	1982	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	301	100230	3c97	ne149	1982	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	1623	1691413	1ts1q	ne155	1995	1:12000
Boel fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	2100	2780	1699979	1v1z1	ne163	1987	1:20000
Inavale-Boel complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	2352	3391	426833	gb4t	ne167	1980	1:20000
Boel loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8418	866	426815	2y21p	ne167	1980	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2100	86	2217214	2zpxb	ne167	1980	1:20000
Inavale-Boel complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2351	4	2217215	2df62	ne167	1980	1:20000
Boel fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	2100	3376	1699873	1v1vm	ne175	1983	1:20000
Boel loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	8420	1722	1699872	1v1vl	ne175	1983	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BOEL soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).