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 . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
149A91P065891NJ005001Freehold6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9449997,-74.8297195
149A91P065991NJ005002Freehold7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9449997,-74.8297195
149A92P047592NJ005002Freehold6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9508324,-74.7638855
149A92P048292NJ005009Freehold6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.1277771,-74.6286087
149A92P048592NJ015003Freehold6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.753334,-75.2444458
149A40A0322S1956NJ005001Freehold4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.0572205,-74.7588882
149A40A0339S1956NJ005002Freehold4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9511108,-74.8305588
149A40A0340S1957NJ025001Freehold3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.3144455,-74.1919479
149A40A0341S1959NJ025005Freehold4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.3025017,-74.1713867
n/a93P025192NJ015011Freehold5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/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.

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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 , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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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 .

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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 .

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with FREEHOLD share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

Block Diagrams

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  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 slopesFrmB9087697734rf1knj00519671:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesFrmA5741697733rf1jnj00519671:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopesFrfB3925697724rf17nj00519671:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrmC1674697735rf1lnj00519671:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely erodedFrkC31089697728rf1cnj00519671:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, clayey substratum, 2 to 5 percent slopesFrmkB1004697738rf1pnj00519671:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesFrmD981697736rf1mnj00519671:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrfC937697725rf18nj00519671:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesFrmE555697737rf1nnj00519671:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, severely erodedFrkD3249697731rf1gnj00519671:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesFrkD108697729rf1dnj00519671:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, erodedFrkC223697727rf1bnj00519671:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopesFrkB7697726rf19nj00519671:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, erodedFrkD26697730rf1fnj00519671:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, erodedFrkE21697732rf1hnj00519671:24000
Freehold-Swedesboro-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopesFrqB770133473492ztxxnj00719641:12000
Freehold-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopesFrrB285433473512ztxznj00719641:12000
Freehold-Swedesboro-Urban land complex, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrqC115233473502ztxynj00719641:12000
Freehold loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopesFrgB650710857rvpwnj00719641:12000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopesFrmB647710860rvpznj00719641:12000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesFrmA407710859rvpynj00719641:12000
Freehold and Collington soils, 10 to 15 percent slopesFRWD181710866rvq5nj00719641:12000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrmC168710861rvq0nj00719641:12000
Freehold loamy fine sand, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrgC135710858rvpxnj00719641:12000
Freehold loamy fine sand, 15 to 25 percent slopesFrgE70751291t6s6nj00719641:12000
Freehold loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopesFrfB8348108945015knknj01520041:24000
Freehold-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopesFrrB5728108946315knznj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopesFrkB3216108945415knpnj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesFrkA2296108945315knnnj01520041:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrfC2175108945115knlnj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesFrkE1862108946115knxnj01520041:24000
Urban land-Freehold complex, 0 to 5 percent slopesUSFREB1845108959515kt7nj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrkC982108945515knqnj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesFrkD801108945815kntnj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 25 to 40 percent slopesFrkF666108946215knynj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, erodedFrkD2146108945915knvnj01520041:24000
Freehold-Urban land complex, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrrC48108946415kp0nj01520041:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 persent slopesFrkB17607148ncsfnj02119691:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesFrkE22607147ncsdnj02119691:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, erodedFrkE20606450nc1xnj02319851:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopesFrkB210431347694j7dnj02519851:24000
Freehold-Urban land complex, 0 to 10 percent slopesFrrC113361347764j7mnj02519851:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrkC46821347704j7fnj02519851:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, erodedFrkE234091347744j7knj02519851:24000
Freehold loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesFroA22441347754j7lnj02519851:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopesFrfB19401347674j7bnj02519851:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, erodedFrkC215361347714j7gnj02519851:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, erodedFrkD212921347734j7jnj02519851:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesFrkD12751347724j7hnj02519851:24000
Freehold loamy sand, 5 to 10 percent slopesFrfC11451347684j7cnj02519851:24000
Freehold sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, severely erodedFrkD361347274j61nj02519851:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesFrmE61347294j63nj02519851:24000
Freehold fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesFrmA21347284j62nj02519851:24000

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 .