ELT 153c

Elevation Range

Minimum:

784 m

Minimum in ft:

2572 ft

Maximum:

865 m

Maximum in ft:

2838 ft

Median:

816 m

Median in ft:

2677 ft

Soil Summary:

very deep, gravelly sandy loam or very gravelly fine sandy loam over gravelly sandy loam and gravelly sandy clay loam or fine sandy loam or loam; limy at or within a foot or so of the surface; no or modest development (clay accumulation or movement); nearly complete coverage of the unit indicates Pima County soil survey map units 55 (Palos Verdes-Sahuarita complex 2 to 8 percent slopes) and 54 (Palos Verdes-Jaynes complex 2 to 8 percent slopes) dominate. They comprise 91% and 9% of the ELT, respectively

Geologic Materials:

alluvium and residuum associated with early to latest Pleistocene alluvium (Qi1, Qi2, Qi3) which comprises 93% of the unit

Landforms:

undissected to coarsely dissected, weakly incised fan and pediment surfaces

Land Type Association: LTA 153

Ecological Unit: Upper Sonoran desert on fans, terraces and weakly consolidated pediments with limy soils

Map with the ELT 153c polygon highlighted.

ELT 153c

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