ELT 11e

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1130 m

Minimum in ft:

3706 ft

Maximum:

1332 m

Maximum in ft:

4370 ft

Median:

1179 m

Median in ft:

3868 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 83% of the ELT

Geologic Materials:

alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm), felsic volcanic rocks (Tf), Coyote Wells facies (Tpcw), and Pleistocene piedmont alluvium (Qi3) which comprise 85%, 6%, 5% and 3% of the unit, respectively

Landforms:

moderately to finely dissected, weakly to moderately incised mountain slopes

Land Type Association: LTA 11

Ecological Unit: Upper Sonoran desert on hills and mountains derived from granite, gneiss, and similar rocks

Map with the ELT 11e polygon highlighted.