ELT 11b

Elevation Range

Minimum:

914 m

Minimum in ft:

2998 ft

Maximum:

1651 m

Maximum in ft:

5418 ft

Median:

1223 m

Median in ft:

4013 ft

Soil Summary:

dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to granite and similar rocks; very cobbly loams or very gravelly sandy loams throughout; no lime; little or no soil development; dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 40 (Lampshire-Romero- Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes). This unit comprises 74% of the ELT

Geologic Materials:

alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and landslide deposits (Qls) which comprise 99% and 1% of the unit, respectively

Landforms:

moderately to finely dissected, deeply incised mountain slopes

Land Type Association: LTA 11

Ecological Unit: Desert-oak transition on mountains derived from granite, gneiss, and similar rocks

Map with the ELT 11b polygon highlighted.