ELT 130a

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1095 m

Minimum in ft:

3593 ft

Maximum:

1406 m

Maximum in ft:

4614 ft

Median:

1213 m

Median in ft:

3980 ft

Soil Summary:

detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; correlates with GES unit 490 characterized by very cobbly and cobbly sandy loams deep to granite or granite-like bedrock, lacking lime throughout, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal to modest soil development (clay accumulation), and associated rock outcroppings

Geologic Materials:

slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm). It comprises 98% of the unit

Landforms:

coarsely to finely dissected elevated plains and hills with weak drainage incision

Land Type Association: LTA 130

Ecological Unit: Mesquite grasslands and oak savannas on low granitic hills and plains

Map with the ELT 130a polygon highlighted.