ELT 130c

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1146 m

Minimum in ft:

3760 ft

Maximum:

1405 m

Maximum in ft:

4610 ft

Median:

1257 m

Median in ft:

4124 ft

Soil Summary:

dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to granite and similar rocks; very cobbly loams or very gravelly sandy loams throughout; some soils have gravelly coarse sandy loam surfaces and sandy clay loam subsoils; no lime; little or no soil development to modest development (clay accumulation); nearly complete coverage of the unit indicates Pima County soil survey map units 52 (Oracle-Romero-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes) and 40 (Lampshire-Romero-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes) dominate

Geologic Materials:

slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm). It comprises 96% of the unit

Landforms:

coarsely to moderately 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 130c polygon highlighted.