ELT 179b

Elevation Range

Minimum:

805 m

Minimum in ft:

2642 ft

Maximum:

853 m

Maximum in ft:

2800 ft

Median:

833 m

Median in ft:

2733 ft

Soil Summary:

soils are associated with washes and areas of recent alluvial deposition, they are very deep with textures that vary widely and are often stratified – typically they are sandy loams over gravelly sandy loams and loamy coarse sands with no lime present, these soils have no or little development (relatively recent alluvium); this unit is dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 35 (Hayhook sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes). This unit comprises 99% of the ELT

Geologic Materials:

dominated by late to latest Pleistocene piedmont alluvium (Qi3) and middle to late Pleistocene piedmont alluvium (Qi2) which comprise 74% and 21% of the unit, respectively

Landforms:

coarsely dissected, weakly incised fan and pediment surfaces

Land Type Association: LTA 179

Ecological Unit: Upper Sonoran desert on fans and terraces associated with granite and granite-like rocks

Map with the ELT 179b polygon highlighted.

ELT 179b

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