ELT 185c

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
784 m
Minimum in ft: 
2572 ft
Maximum: 
851 m
Maximum in ft: 
2792 ft
Median: 
804 m
Median in ft: 
2638 ft
Soil Summary: 
very deep, textures vary widely and soils are often stratified – very gravelly fine sand to sandy loam surfaces with extremely gravelly sand to fine sandy loam layers below, limy, no or little development (relatively recent alluvium); this unit is dominated by Pima County map units 3 (Anthony fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes) and 5 (Arizo-Riverwash complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes) which comprise 68% and 23% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
dominated by Holocene piedmont alluvium, undivided (Qy); Holocene to Pleistocene alluvium (Qyl); late Holocene deposits in active stream channels and low terraces (Qy2); modern channel deposits (Qyc); and late to latest Pleistocene piedmont alluvium (Qi3r, Qi3) which comprise 50%,12%, 12%, 9% and 6% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
undissected to coarsely dissected, weakly incised alluvial terraces and floodplain
LTA 185
Moderate gradient river channel and terraces

Map with the ELT 185c polygon highlighted.Photo Point 003, Photo Point 145Photo Point 002Photo Point 001Photo Point 114Photo Point 041Photo Point 034Photo Point 037Photo Point 036

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