IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Freehold
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NJ025005
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NJ025005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NJ025005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0341
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32869
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.3025017
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1713867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Monmouth County, New Jersey. One mile north of Colts Neck in permanent pasture at south end of Stanley Schank farm, 50 feet in from woods and black top road.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ025—Monmouth
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ025—Monmouth County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N.A. Willits and K.F. Wilson.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Freehold
  • PSC - 41 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1959 (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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots top of horizon; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02517. Variable from friable to firm because of hoof punch marks; abundant wormholes.
    Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; coats on sand and gravel; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A02518. Many wormholes; some mixing of A2 throughout especially at bottom.
    A2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02519. Abundant root and worm channels with filling of Ap.
    B21t—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; glauconite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02520
    B22t—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; glauconite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02521. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183586; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183586
    IIC1—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sandy loam; massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; very friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent coats on sand and gravel; glauconite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02522
    IIIC2—99 to 183 centimeters (39.0 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; stratified sand; single grain; loose; glauconite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02523
    D3—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) stratified loamy sand to gravel; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02524