Erosion-control reference › Arizona spec

Arizona DOT hydroseeding & erosion-control specs.

ADOT Section 805 DEFERS seed species and rates to the project Plans and Special Provisions — there is no fixed statewide seed mix. What it does publish is a slope-keyed hydraulic mulch + tackifier application table and a specific tackifier chemistry.

Other state specs

Section 805 — Seeding (Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction)

Deferred-mix state

Seed mix policy

Section 805 defers seed species and rates to the project Plans / Special Provisions — confirm the mix on your plan sheet before loading.

Slope-keyed mulch + tackifier

Section 805 provides a hydraulic wood-fiber-mulch (WFM) + tackifier table that scales roughly from ~50 lb tackifier / 1,000 lb WFM per acre on flat ground up to ~300 lb tackifier / 3,500 lb WFM per acre on steep slopes.

Tackifier chemistry

The specified tackifier is a guar or plantago (psyllium) plant-derived gum; synthetic PAM is not the specified tackifier chemistry for Section 805 hydroseeding.

Spec-numbering note

Section 810 is titled "Erosion Control AND Pollution Prevention" (both) — don’t confuse it with the Section 805 seeding requirements.

Summarized from the ADOT standard specifications for reference only — verify against the current official spec and your project’s plans / special provisions before bidding or applying. Source: official specification.

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