ELT 13j

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1723 m

Minimum in ft:

5653 ft

Maximum:

2234 m

Maximum in ft:

7329 ft

Median:

2017 m

Median in ft:

6617 ft

Soil Summary:

dominant soils are very shallow to moderately deep to bedrock, very flaggy and extremely or very gravelly sandy loam and loam surfaces over very channery, flaggy, and gravelly sandy loams and loams, no lime present, no to moderate development; unit dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 75 (Spudrock-Boriana complex, 10 to 35 percent slopes) and 20 (Cortaro-Rock outcrop-Faraway complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes). These units comprise 74% and 26% of the ELT, respectively

Geologic Materials:

alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) comprises 100% of the unit

Landforms:

coarsely dissected, weakly incised mountain slopes

Land Type Association: LTA 13

Ecological Unit: Madrean pine-oak forest/woodland on mountains derived from granite, gneiss, and similar rocks

Map with the ELT 13j polygon highlighted.