IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Freehold
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NJ025001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NJ025001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NJ025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0340
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32868
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.3144455
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1919479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Monmouth County, New Jersey. Mrs. Charles Conover woodlot. Vanderburg-Marlboro Road, 500 feet west of Vanderburg, New Jersey. 200 feet south of above road along a dirt road. 75 feet east into woodlot.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ025—Monmouth
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ025—Monmouth County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K.F. Wilson and N.A. Willits.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Freehold
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGUS

    QUAL

    Fagus

    Quercus alba

    beech

    white oak

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02504. not sampled.
    O21—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A02505. not sampled.
    O22—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dry; silt; fine roots top of horizon; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A02506. Not sampled; slightly greasy when wet.
    A1—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dry; sandy loam; 21.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02507. Not sampled; many fine organic grains and some faunal casts, finely dusted with clean silt.
    Bh—6 to 8 centimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; 21.0 fine pores; 2-39-75 millimeter glauconite fragments and 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02508. Not sampled; aggregates are dusted with clean silt; crushed aggregates have 20-30 percent clean quartz grains; smooth glauconite grains.
    A'21—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 2-39-75 millimeter glauconite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02509. Many mycelia; quartz grains and many fine aggregates dusted with silt; some brown organic material.
    A'22—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; loose; 21.0 fine roots; clay bridges on sand and gravel; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02510. Heavily dusted with quartz silt.
    A'3—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 pores; silt coats on sand and gravel and yellow (2.5Y 8/6) clay films on sand and gravel and 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; rounded 2-39-75 millimeter glauconite fragments and 2-39-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02511. More glauconite than in horizon above.
    B'21t—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; sandy loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 20 percent clay bridges on sand and gravel; 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter glauconite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02512. Firmer than A3; tiny aggregates of silt and clay.
    B'22t—63 to 76 centimeters (24.8 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; firm; 0.5 coarse roots; clay films on faces of peds and clay bridges and yellow (2.5Y 8/6) clay films on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter glauconite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02513. Ped interiors filled and bridged with clay; grains dusted with silt grains.
    B'3t—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; friable; 21.0 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and yellow (2.5Y 8/6) clay films on sand and gravel and 75 percent silt coats on sand and gravel; glauconite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02514. Green splotches high in glauconite.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183595; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183595
    IIC1—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 pores; coats on sand and gravel and 10 percent clay bridges; 10 percent by volume glauconite fragments. Lab sample # 40A02515. 2 percent mica.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183599; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183599
    IIC2—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; massive; 21.0 fine pores; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges on sand and gravel and 21 percent clay films on sand and gravel; 12 percent by volume glauconite fragments. Lab sample # 40A02516