Soil Data Explorer - ARABRAB

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ARABRAB soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ARABRAB, 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 ARABRAB were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ARABRAB 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 ARABRAB 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 ARABRAB 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).

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ARABRAB, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing ARABRAB 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
Gladel family-Arabrab complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	9	10268	2547030	2rqrm	az707	2011	1:24000
Arabrab-Vessilla-Lindrith complex, 1 to 45 percent slopes	2	151990	1897345	2v1jh	az711	2008	1:24000
Arabrab-Vessilla-Lindrith complex, 1 to 45 percent slopes	5	254308	2408418	2v1jh	az713	2011	1:24000
Evpark-Vessilla-Arabrab complex, 1 to 25 percent slopes	32	131851	58102	2sflb	az715	2007	1:24000
Parkelei family-Arabrab complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	75	94502	58003	2qsxz	az715	2007	1:24000
Evpark-Arabrab complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	31	83366	58103	2sflc	az715	2007	1:24000
Arabrab-Parkelei family complex, dry, 3 to 12 percent slopes	3	30040	58074	2qszx	az715	2007	1:24000
Arabrab-Longburn complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	1	12355	59435	2w58y	co670	2005	1:24000
Arabrab-Longburn complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	4	4514	57642	2w58y	co671	1997	1:24000
Arabrab loamy sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes	3	230	57627	1xyy	co671	1997	1:24000
Arabrab loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes	525	654	507194	k0s3	co672	2003	1:24000
Nizhoni-Arabrab-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 50 percent slopes	945	154	507303	k0wm	co672	2003	1:24000
Durango-Arabrab families complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	18	9279	510582	k49d	co676	1983	1:24000
Arabrab-Dalhart families complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	10	6009	510574	k494	co676	1983	1:24000
Arabrab-Evpark-Parkelei complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	262	4868	2990898	k28v	co676	1983	1:24000
Arabrab-Evpark-Parkelei complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	262	50029	508643	k28v	co677	2018	1:24000
Arabrab fine sandy loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes	160	5474	508634	k28k	co677	2018	1:24000
Vibo-Arabrab, stony families complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	203	3229	2934283	2wgk6	nm678		1:24000
Evpark-Arabrab complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	332	55963	57255	1xky	nm692	2001	1:24000
Arabrab-Wetherill complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	414	5295	57425	1xrf	nm717	1993	1:24000
Arabrab-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	416	3985	57427	1xrh	nm717	1993	1:24000
Welring-Arabrab-Rock outcrop complex, Carmel Formation, 4 to 35 percent slopes	104	16966	2427063	2mgkc	ut642		1:63360
Colskel-Arabrab-Vessilla complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	5079	38220	59841	208c	ut686	2004	1:24000
Arabrab-Vessilla-Colskel complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5078	32004	59840	208b	ut686	2004	1:24000
Arabrab-Colskel-Rock outcrop, Carmel Formation, complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	5182	24279	612845	nkq6	ut686	2004	1:24000
Colskel-Menefee-Arabrab complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5082	18850	59844	208g	ut686	2004	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ARABRAB 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).