LOCATION BOEL NE+KS SDEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplustolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Boel fine sandy loam - (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated. Reaction by .01 M calcium chloride with glass electrode.)
A--0 to 8 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; weak very fine granular structure; soft; very friable; many fine and medium roots throughout; many fine tubular pores; moderately alkaline; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. (7 to 15 inches thick)
AC--8 to 11 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; many fine and medium roots throughout; many fine tubular pores; few thin strata of loam; moderately alkaline; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. (3 to 8 inches thick)
C--11 to 45 inches; very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine sand, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) moist; few medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron masses in the soil matrix; single grain; loose; few fine and medium roots throughout; few fine tubular pores; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary.
Cg--45 to 80 inches; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine sand, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) moist; few fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) iron masses in the soil matrix; single grain; loose; few fine and medium roots throughout; few fine tubular pores; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Howard County, Nebraska; about 3 miles east and 1/2 mile north of Dannebrog; 200 feet east and 2100 feet north of southwest corner, sec. 4, T. 13 N., R. 10 W.; USGS St. Paul topographic quadrangle; lat. 41 degrees 7 minutes 32 seconds N. and long. 98 degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 10 to 20 inches
Free carbonates are typically in the the A horizon and lacking in some of the lower horizons. However, some profiles contain free carbonates throughout, others have none. In the particle size control section, clay content is 0 to 12 percent; sand content is 75 to 100 percent.
A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 through 5, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma of 1 or 2
Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loam, and less commonly, silt loam, very fine sandy loam, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand.
Rock fragments: gravel (2 to 25 mm) ranges from 0 to 14 percent by volume
Reaction: slightly acid to moderately alkaline.
Clay Content: 2 to 25 percent
Sand content: 20 to 90 percent
AC horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 through 5, 2 through 4 moist
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand
Rock fragments: gravel (2 to 25 mm) ranges from 0 to 14 percent by volume
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline
Clay Content: 2 to 20 percent
Sand content: 20 to 90 percent
C horizon:
Hue: 10YR and 2.5Y
Value: 6 through 8, 5 through 7 moist
Chroma of 1 to 3
Texture: fine sand, loamy fine sand, sand or coarse sand, typically stratified with lenses of lighter and darker material which may also be coarser or finer textured
Rock fragments: gravel (2 to 75 mm) ranges from 0 to 14 percent by volume
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline
Redoximorphic concentrations: common or many, distinct and prominent with hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8
Clay Content: 0 to 6 percent
Sand content: 70 to 100 percent
Cg horizon:
Hue: 2.5Y and 10YR
Value: 5 through 8, 4 through 7 moist
Chroma of 1 to 3
Texture: fine sand, loamy fine sand, sand or coarse sand, typically stratified with lenses of lighter and darker material which may also be coarser or finer textured
Rock fragments: gravel (2 to 75 mm) ranges from 0 to 25 percent by volume
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline
Redoximorphic concentrations: common or many, distinct and prominent with hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 8
Clay Content: 0 to 6 percent
Sand content: 70 to 100 percent
COMPETING SERIES: This is the only series in the family. Similar soils are the Alda, Blackloup, Elsmere, and Platte. Alda soils have a coarse-loamy control section. Elsmere soils are not stratified above a depth of 50 inches. Blackloup soils have a seasonal zone of saturation starting at the surface (poorly drained and very poorly drained). Platte soils have gravelly sand or gravelly coarse sand between a depth of 10 and 20 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landform: level or nearly level flood plains along streams.
Slopes: 0 to 3 percent
Parent materials: recent loamy and sandy alluvium
Mean annual precipitation: 20 to 30 inches
Mean annual temperature: 48 to 53 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:These are the
Alda,
Barney,
Blackloup,
Cass,
Gibbon,
Inavale,
Inglewood,
Platte, and
Wann soils.
Alda: are at the same elevation on the flood plain, have a coarse-loamy particle size control section, and have coarse sand or gravelly sand at a depth of 20 to 40 inches.
Barney: are lower on the floodplain, do not have a mollic epipedon, and have a seasonal zone of saturation starting at the surface (poorly drained and very poorly drained)
Blackloup: are lower on the flood plain and have a seasonal zone of saturation starting at the surface (poorly drained and very poorly drained)
Cass: are higher on the flood plain, have a coarse-loamy particle size control section, and do not have a seasonal zone of saturation above 6 feet (well drained).
Gibbon: are at the same elevation on the flood plain and have a fine-silty conbtrol section and are calcareous throughout
Inavale: are higher on the flood plain, do not have a mollic epipedon, and do not have seasonal zone of saturation above 6 feet (excessively drained)
Inglewood: are slightly higher on the flood plain, do not have a mollic epipedon, and have seasonal zone of saturation starting at 3.0 feet (moderately well drained)
Platte: are at the same elevation on the flood plain, are stratified above a depth of 10 inches, and have coarse, gravelly sand, or gravelly coarse sand above a depth of 20 inches
Wann: are at the same elevation on the flood plain and have a coarse-loamy particle size control section
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage: Somewhat poorly drained
Runoff: very slow
Permeability: rapid
Seasonal zone of saturation: ranges from 1.5 feet to 3.0 feet
Flooding: occasionally and frequently flooded.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the soils with loamy fine sand A horizons are in native grass. Those with finer textured A horizons are cropped to corn, sorghum, alfalfa, and small grains. The dominant native grasses are big bluestem, indiangrass, switchgrass, prairie cordgrass, little bluestem, and sedges.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central and eastern Nebraska along streams and Kansas and Colorado. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Howard County, Nebraska, 1970.
REMARKS: Formerly mapped in the Sarpy series.
Diagnostic horizons recognize in this pedon are mollic epipedon--the zone from 0 to 11 inches (A and AC horizon).
02/2004 RRH, WAW Updated to semi-tabular format, updated the COMPETING SERIES and GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS, sections.
Content added to the RIC to accommodate the properties correlated in the Saunders County Nebraska subset.