Soil Data Explorer - FREEHOLD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the FREEHOLD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of FREEHOLD, 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 FREEHOLD 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
149A	91P0658	91NJ005001	Freehold	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.9449997,-74.8297195
149A	91P0659	91NJ005002	Freehold	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.9449997,-74.8297195
149A	92P0475	92NJ005002	Freehold	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.9508324,-74.7638855
149A	92P0482	92NJ005009	Freehold	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.1277771,-74.6286087
149A	92P0485	92NJ015003	Freehold	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.753334,-75.2444458
149A	40A0322	S1956NJ005001	Freehold	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.0572205,-74.7588882
149A	40A0339	S1956NJ005002	Freehold	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.9511108,-74.8305588
149A	40A0340	S1957NJ025001	Freehold	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.3144455,-74.1919479
149A	40A0341	S1959NJ025005	Freehold	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.3025017,-74.1713867
n/a	93P0251	92NJ015011	Freehold	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the FREEHOLD 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 FREEHOLD 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 FREEHOLD 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 FREEHOLD 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 FREEHOLD 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 FREEHOLD 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 FREEHOLD 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with FREEHOLD, 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. NJ-2010-09-13-05 | Gloucester County -

   (Soil Survey of Gloucester County, New Jersey)

Map Units

Map units containing FREEHOLD 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
Freehold fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	FrmB	9087	697734	rf1k	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	FrmA	5741	697733	rf1j	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	FrfB	3925	697724	rf17	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrmC	1674	697735	rf1l	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded	FrkC3	1089	697728	rf1c	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, clayey substratum, 2 to 5 percent slopes	FrmkB	1004	697738	rf1p	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	FrmD	981	697736	rf1m	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrfC	937	697725	rf18	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	FrmE	555	697737	rf1n	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	FrkD3	249	697731	rf1g	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	FrkD	108	697729	rf1d	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	FrkC2	23	697727	rf1b	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	FrkB	7	697726	rf19	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	FrkD2	6	697730	rf1f	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	FrkE2	1	697732	rf1h	nj005	1967	1:24000
Freehold-Downer-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	FrpB	15001	710862	rvq1	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold-Downer, clayey substratum-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	FrpkB	1765	710864	rvq3	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	FrgB	1172	710857	rvpw	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold-Downer-Urban land complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrpC	654	710863	rvq2	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	FrmA	611	710859	rvpy	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	FrmB	365	710860	rvpz	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold and Collington soils, 10 to 15 percent slopes	FRWD	159	710866	rvq5	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold loamy fine sand, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrgC	133	710858	rvpx	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold loamy fine sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes	FrgE	70	751291	t6s6	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrmC	65	710861	rvq0	nj007	1964	1:12000
Freehold loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	FrfB	8348	1089450	15knk	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	FrrB	5728	1089463	15knz	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	FrkB	3216	1089454	15knp	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	FrkA	2296	1089453	15knn	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrfC	2175	1089451	15knl	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	FrkE	1862	1089461	15knx	nj015	2004	1:24000
Urban land-Freehold complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	USFREB	1845	1089595	15kt7	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrkC	982	1089455	15knq	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	FrkD	801	1089458	15knt	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	FrkF	666	1089462	15kny	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	FrkD2	146	1089459	15knv	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold-Urban land complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrrC	48	1089464	15kp0	nj015	2004	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 persent slopes	FrkB	17	607148	ncsf	nj021	1969	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	FrkE2	2	607147	ncsd	nj021	1969	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	FrkE2	0	606450	nc1x	nj023	1985	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	FrkB	21043	134769	4j7d	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold-Urban land complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	FrrC	11336	134776	4j7m	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrkC	4682	134770	4j7f	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	FrkE2	3409	134774	4j7k	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	FroA	2244	134775	4j7l	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	FrfB	1940	134767	4j7b	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	FrkC2	1536	134771	4j7g	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	FrkD2	1292	134773	4j7j	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	FrkD	1275	134772	4j7h	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 5 to 10 percent slopes	FrfC	1145	134768	4j7c	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	FrmE	6	134729	4j63	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	FrkD3	6	134727	4j61	nj025	1985	1:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	FrmA	2	134728	4j62	nj025	1985	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the FREEHOLD 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).