Soil Data Explorer - BOSWELL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BOSWELL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BOSWELL, 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 BOSWELL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BOSWELL 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 BOSWELL series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BOSWELL 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 BOSWELL 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).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with BOSWELL share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BOSWELL 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 BOSWELL 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 3D hills figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BOSWELL, 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. AR-2012-05-08-03 | Bradley County - April 1961

   General soil areas (Soil Survey of Bradley County, Arkansas; April 1961).

2. FL-2012-04-25-01 | Gadsden County - January 1961

   Main geologic formations and other topographic features in a segment of Gadsden County, and the positions of soils in some soil series (Soil Survey of Gadsden County, Florida; January 1961).

3. MS-2012-04-27-11 | Newton County - February 1960

   Soil associations of Newton County, Mississippi (Soil Survey of Newton County, Mississippi; February 1960).

Map Units

Map units containing BOSWELL 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
Wilcox-Boswell complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	WwD2	690	2247757	2ffz9	al007	2007	1:24000
Luverne-Boswell complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	LwF	27330	328522	c0vh	al021	1967	1:20000
Luverne-Boswell complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	LwD2	13431	328521	c0vg	al021	1967	1:20000
Luverne-Boswell complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	LwC2	777	328520	c0vf	al021	1967	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	BgD2	1600	328618	2tjl7	al023	1998	1:24000
Cuthbert, Boswell, and Eustis soils, 12 to 30 percent slopes	CdE	10800	328971	c19z	al045	1958	1:20000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, eroded, very gently sloping, moderately shallow	BdB2	1600	328960	c19m	al045	1958	1:20000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, eroded, gently sloping, moderately shallow	BdC2	1400	328961	c19n	al045	1958	1:20000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, eroded, sloping, moderately shallow	BdD2	716	328962	c19p	al045	1958	1:20000
Boswell sandy clay, severely eroded, very gently sloping, moderately shallow	BcB3	517	328958	c19k	al045	1958	1:20000
Boswell sandy clay, severely eroded, gently sloping, moderately shallow	BcC3	375	328959	c19l	al045	1958	1:20000
Cuthbert, Boswell, and Eustis soils, eroded, sloping	CdD2	251	328970	c19y	al045	1958	1:20000
Shubuta and Boswell fine sandy loams, sloping phases	Sc	6410	329293	c1nc	al051	1948	1:20000
Shubuta and Boswell fine sandy loams	Sb	3887	329292	c1nb	al051	1948	1:20000
Shubuta-Boswell complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	ShE	5591	329519	c1wn	al057	1963	1:15840
Shubuta-Boswell complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	ShD2	2861	329518	c1wm	al057	1963	1:15840
Shubuta-Boswell complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	ShC2	2130	329517	c1wl	al057	1963	1:15840
Shubuta-Boswell complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SmD2	7651	329710	c22t	al063	2013	1:
Shubuta-Boswell complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	SmD3	3062	329711	c22v	al063	2013	1:
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BoB2	759	329653	c20z	al063	2013	1:
Boswell fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	BoC2	749	329654	c210	al063	2013	1:
Boswell clay loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, severely eroded	BeC3	300	329652	c20y	al063	2013	1:
Boswell fine sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	BoD	894	2494537	2psf6	al075	2010	1:24000
Boswell clay loam, severely eroded, 8 to 20 percent slopes	BbE3	15405	330877	c39g	al101	1958	1:20000
Cuthbert, Lakeland, and Boswell soils eroded, 12 to 30 percent slopes	CkE2	13680	330900	c3b6	al101	1958	1:20000
Boswell clay loam, severely eroded, gently sloping phase	BbD3	9511	330876	c39f	al101	1958	1:20000
Boswell clay loam, severely eroded, very gently sloping phase	BbC3	6348	330875	c39d	al101	1958	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, eroded, very gently sloping phase	BcC2	5660	330879	c39j	al101	1958	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, eroded, nearly level phase	BcB2	3996	330878	c39h	al101	1958	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, eroded, gently sloping phase	BcD2	3387	330880	c39k	al101	1958	1:20000
Cuthbert, Lakeland, and Boswell soils severely eroded, 12 to 30 percent slopes	CkE3	2908	330901	c3b7	al101	1958	1:20000
Cuthbert, Lakeland, and Boswell soils, eroded, 2 to 12 percent slopes	CkD2	2478	330898	c3b4	al101	1958	1:20000
Cuthbert, Lakeland, and Boswell soils, 12 to 30 percent slopes	CkE	1105	330899	c3b5	al101	1958	1:20000
Boswell clay loam, severely eroded, nearly level phase	BbB3	605	330874	c39c	al101	1958	1:20000
Boswell loam, 4 to 10 percent slopes	11	6246	331503	c3yn	al125	1980	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	BoD2	331	2642061	2rjr0	al129	2013	1:24000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, gently sloping phase (sacul)	BwC	1786	565144	lz2g	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell gravelly fine sandy loam, gently sloping phase (sacul)	BgC	1522	565139	lz29	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes (sacul)	BwE	1186	565146	lz2j	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell gravelly fine sandy loam, eroded gently sloping phase (sacul)	BgC2	1054	565140	lz2b	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, nearly level phase (sacul)	BwB	1024	565142	lz2d	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, eroded gently sloping phase (sacul)	BwC2	852	565145	lz2h	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell very fine sandy loam, eroded nearly level phase (sacul)	BwB2	491	565143	lz2f	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell gravelly fine sandy loam, nearly level phase (sacul)	BgB	310	565138	lz28	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell sandy clay, severely eroded gently sloping phase (sacul)	BoC3	159	565141	lz2c	ar011	1959	1:20000
Boswell loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	BoC2	10792	565291	lz76	ar025	1965	1:15840
Boswell loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, eroded	BoB2	4223	565290	lz75	ar025	1965	1:15840
Boswell loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	BoE2	2619	565292	lz77	ar025	1965	1:15840
Boswell sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	BqC2	75	324960	bx4l	ga283	1962	1:20000
Boswell sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BqB2	65	324959	bx4k	ga283	1962	1:20000
Boswell sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	BqB	40	324958	bx4j	ga283	1962	1:20000
Boswell-Susquehanna-Oktibbeha complex, 5 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	BrD2	6470	325882	by3b	ga640	1965	1:15840
Boswell-Susquehanna-Oktibbeha complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BrB2	4145	325881	by39	ga640	1965	1:15840
Boswell-Susquehanna-Oktibbeha complex, 5 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	BrD3	950	325883	by3c	ga640	1965	1:15840
Falkner-Boswell association, gently sloping	FBB	7895	1720665	1vrhb	la081	1973	1:24000
Boswell-Falkner association, sloping	BFC	4394	1720658	1vrh3	la081	1973	1:24000
Boswell fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	BfC2	3173	331973	c4ft	ms023	1963	1:15840
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BfB2	1492	331971	c4fr	ms023	1963	1:15840
Boswell sandy clay loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, severely eroded	BoC3	586	331976	c4fx	ms023	1963	1:15840
Boswell fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	BfC	559	331972	2tjl9	ms023	1963	1:15840
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	BfB	358	331970	2w9wp	ms023	1963	1:15840
Boswell and Savannah soils, 2 to 8 percent slopes	BsC	5575	332124	c4lp	ms031	1962	1:15840
Boswell, Cuthbert, and Savannah soils, 8 to 17 percent slopes (boswell, sweatman, savannah)	BrD	2006	332123	c4ln	ms031	1962	1:15840
Boswell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	BoB	1998	332119	c4lj	ms031	1962	1:15840
Boswell silt loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	BoC	834	332120	c4lk	ms031	1962	1:15840
Boswell silt loam, 8 to 17 percent slopes	BoD	727	332122	c4lm	ms031	1962	1:15840
Boswell silt loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	BoC2	339	332121	c4ll	ms031	1962	1:15840
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BoB2	20	2642167	2rrxv	ms041	2012	1:24000
Boswell-Tippah complex, 17 to 40 percent slopes (sweatman, tippah)	BtF	3869	567834	m1w7	ms043	1965	1:15840
Tippah-Boswell complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes, eroded (tippah, sweatman)	TbD2	2359	567891	m1y2	ms043	1965	1:15840
Tippah-Boswell complex, 12 to 17 percent slopes, eroded (tippah sweatman)	TbE2	1625	567893	m1y4	ms043	1965	1:15840
Tippah-Boswell complex, 12 to 17 percent slopes (tippah, sweatman)	TbE	1556	567892	m1y3	ms043	1965	1:15840
Tippah-Boswell complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes (tippah, sweatman)	TbD	497	567890	m1y1	ms043	1965	1:15840
Boswell fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	BoC	11253	332619	2tjl9	ms061	1974	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	BoB	2599	332618	2w9wp	ms061	1974	1:20000
Guin and Boswell soils, 17 to 40 percent slopes, eroded (saffell, sweatman)	GbF2	19456	568160	m26r	ms085	1961	1:20000
Dulac and Boswell soils, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded (kolin and lorman)	DbC2	4800	568151	m26g	ms085	1961	1:20000
Guin and Boswell soils, 17 to 40 percent slopes (saffell, sweatman)	GbF	2183	568159	m26q	ms085	1961	1:20000
Guin and Boswell soils, 8 to 12 percent slopes, eroded (saffell, sweatman)	GbD2	1696	568155	m26l	ms085	1961	1:20000
Dulac and Boswell soils, 5 to 8 percent slopes (kolin and lorman)	DbC	1612	568150	m26f	ms085	1961	1:20000
Dulac and Boswell soils, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded (kolin and lorman)	DbB2	1528	568149	m26d	ms085	1961	1:20000
Guin and Boswell soils, 12 to 17 percent slopes, eroded (saffell, sweatman)	GbE2	1173	568157	m26n	ms085	1961	1:20000
Guin and Boswell soils, 17 to 40 percent slopes, severely eroded (saffell, sweatman)	GbF3	891	568161	m26s	ms085	1961	1:20000
Dulac and Boswell soils, 5 to 8 percent slopes, severely eroded (kolin and lorman)	DbC3	642	568152	m26h	ms085	1961	1:20000
Dulac and Boswell soils, 2 to 5 percent slopes (kolin and lorman)	DbB	521	568148	m26c	ms085	1961	1:20000
Guin and Boswell soils, 8 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded (saffell, sweatman)	GbD3	369	568156	m26m	ms085	1961	1:20000
Guin and Boswell soils, 12 to 17 percent slopes, severely eroded (saffell, sweatman)	GbE3	211	568158	m26p	ms085	1961	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, eroded gently sloping phase (5 to 8 percent slopes)	BcC2	1208	333302	c5tp	ms101	1957	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, eroded very gently sloping phase (2 to 5 percent slopes)	BcB2	275	333301	c5tn	ms101	1957	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	BoB	1950	333475	2w9wp	ms105	1968	1:20000
Boswell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BoB2	1680	333681	c66x	ms115	1969	1:20000
Boswell silt loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	BoC2	974	333682	c66y	ms115	1969	1:20000
Boswell loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	BoC2	6484	334042	c6lk	ms129	1997	1:20000
Boswell loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BoB2	3564	334041	c6lj	ms129	1997	1:20000
Savannah-Boswell complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	SB	314	334064	c6m8	ms129	1997	1:20000
Shubuta and Boswell soils, 8 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	StD2	824	334333	c6wy	ms147	1965	1:20000
Shubuta and Boswell soils, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	StC2	306	334332	c6wx	ms147	1965	1:20000
Shubuta and Boswell soils, 12 to 17 percent slopes	StE	212	334334	c6wz	ms147	1965	1:20000
Boswell fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	BoC2	16483	2403465	2tjl7	ms153	2008	1:24000
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BoB2	4879	2403464	2lp03	ms153	2008	1:24000
Boswell silty clay, 8 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	BoD3	459	327522	bzt7	tn071	1961	1:15840
Boswell fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	BfC	381	327519	bzt4	tn071	1961	1:15840
Boswell silty clay, 2 to 8 percent slopes, severely eroded	BoC3	349	327521	bzt6	tn071	1961	1:15840
Boswell fine sandy loam, 8 to 12 percent slopes	BfD	293	327520	bzt5	tn071	1961	1:15840
Boswell soils, 12 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	BpE2	215	327523	bzt8	tn071	1961	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BOSWELL 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).