Soil Data Explorer - ARCHES

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ARCHES soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ARCHES, 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 ARCHES 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 ARCHES 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 ARCHES 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 ARCHES 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 ARCHES 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 ARCHES 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 ARCHES 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 ARCHES 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ARCHES, 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 ARCHES 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
Arches-Pensom complex, 4 to 12 percent slopes	2	144234	54065	1t81	az629	1985	1:24000
Arches-Pensom complex, cool, 4 to 12 percent slopes	3	30736	54099	1t94	az629	1985	1:24000
Pensom-Arches complex, moist, 4 to 16 percent slopes	39	4990	54121	1t9v	az629	1985	1:24000
Pensom-Arches complex, 4 to 12 percent slopes	38	3600	54120	1t9t	az629	1985	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	52	24150	54227	1tf8	az633	1994	1:24000
Arches-Rock outcrop-Mido complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	1	56290	894058	2rqqs	az707	2011	1:24000
Mido-Arches-Rock outcrop complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	31	4757	1454478	2rqr0	az707	2011	1:24000
Mido-Arches-Ustic Haplocalcids complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	32	2851	1472357	2rqr3	az707	2011	1:24000
Pensom-Arches-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	32	27141	1398012	2rqrt	az711	2008	1:24000
Arches-Pensom, moderately deep-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	3	8943	2375643	2sdwv	az711	2008	1:24000
Mido, loamy substratum-Arches-Ustic Haplocalcids complex, crooked ridge, 2 to 10 percent slopes	26	2790	1398015	2rqrv	az711	2008	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches-Shedado complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	43	18215	2495411	2sdyh	az713	2011	1:24000
Arches-Begay-Mido complex, 1 to 25 percent slopes	6	1876	2495410	2sdyg	az713	2011	1:24000
Pinavetes family-Arches complex, 8 to 60 percent slopes	82	2236	58101	2sfl9	az715	2007	1:24000
Arches-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes	10	18836	506690	k07v	co680	1970	1:31680
Sedgran, very stony-Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes	12	12855	506700	k085	co680	1970	1:31680
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	22	1778	506711	k08j	co680	1970	1:31680
Arches-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes	MC10	2285	3170511	k07v	co682	1986	1:24000
Arches-Mespun-Rock outcrop complex, 4 to 40 percent slopes	226	166	628882	2wrzd	co686	1992	1:31680
Arches-Mespun-Rock outcrop complex, 4 to 40 percent slopes	2	6823	506225	2wrzd	co692	1998	1:24000
Arches-Kitsili-Mido complex, 1 to 25 percent slopes	306	64442	57397	1xqj	nm717	1993	1:24000
Arches-Mespun-Rock outcrop complex, 4 to 40 percent slopes	4	19219	505580	2wrzd	ut047	1999	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches-Mido complex	54	43791	504550	jy0t	ut624	1985	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches family-Trook family complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	4125	20790	3193875	2z93d	ut625		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex	87	20854	55219	1vg8	ut631	1982	1:24000
Arches-Sheppard-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	1	4238	55322	1vkl	ut633	1983	1:24000
Sedgran, very stony-Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes	MC12	1713	3202640	k085	ut633	1983	1:24000
Mido-Rock outcrop-Arches complex	22	18230	55445	1vpk	ut638	1985	1:24000
Arches-Rizno-Mido complex	1	10013	55431	1vp3	ut638	1985	1:24000
Sedgran-Arches-Rock outcrop complex, Navajo and Page Formations, 35 to 60 percent slopes	85	11373	2398543	2lhwc	ut642		1:63360
Pensom-Mido-Arches complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	65	11091	2397999	2lh9t	ut642		1:63360
Mido-Arches complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	49	9818	2398001	2lh9w	ut642		1:63360
Arches-Mido-Sedgran-Rock outcrop complex, Navajo and Page Formations, 4 to 35 percent slopes	5	8830	2398542	2lhwb	ut642		1:63360
Arches-Sazi-Pensom complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	6	6395	2398540	2lhw8	ut642		1:63360
Windwhistle-Pensom-Arches complex 0 to 4 percent slopes	109	3601	2379516	2kw2l	ut642		1:63360
Rizno-Arches-Mido complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	79	472	2397997	2lh9r	ut642		1:63360
Arches-Mespun families-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	51	2837	512402	k663	ut646		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 4 to 25 percent slopes	85	10650	2504482	2q3sp	ut685	1990	1:24000
Arches-Mido-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	3	1831	2515006	2qghb	ut685	1990	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	84	288	2608441	1ifsd	ut685	1990	1:24000
Skos, dry-Mido-Arches, dry complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5017	9333	59762	205t	ut686	2004	1:24000
Skos, dry, Rock outcrop, Carmel Formation-Arches, dry complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	5019	8276	59764	205w	ut686	2004	1:24000
Arches, dry-Mident-Yarts complex, 2 to 40 percent slopes	5057	6668	59819	207n	ut686	2004	1:24000
Rock outcrop, Wingate Formation-Arches, dry complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	5100	6016	59739	2052	ut686	2004	1:24000
Daklos-Arches, dry complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5050	5468	59812	207f	ut686	2004	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	117	10030	1868821	20qnk	ut687	2009	1:24000
Arches-Rock outcrop complex, Entrada Formation, 2 to 15 percent slopes	86	8015	1867616	20pdp	ut687	2009	1:24000
Rizno-Arches-Mido complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky	126	5830	1882931	216bq	ut687	2009	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches-Pensom, moderately deep complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	83	5814	1900522	21sn5	ut687	2009	1:24000
Arches-Rizno-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	100	4849	2399255	2ljmb	ut687	2009	1:24000
Arches-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	87	2956	1868705	20qjt	ut687	2009	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	114	51471	2384136	2l0wm	ut688	2009	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	113	24811	2398339	2lhns	ut688	2009	1:24000
Arches-Mido-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	91	21018	2398334	2lhnm	ut688	2009	1:24000
Arches-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	90	6721	2247799	2fg0n	ut688	2009	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Arches complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	30	131311	2398592	2lhxy	ut689		1:24000
Arches-Mido-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	1	24856	2398591	2lhxx	ut689		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ARCHES 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).