ELT 198b

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1063 m

Minimum in ft:

3487 ft

Maximum:

1971 m

Maximum in ft:

6468 ft

Median:

1530 m

Median in ft:

5020 ft

Soil Summary:

dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to granite, gneiss and similar rocks; very cobbly loams, extremely and very gravelly sandy loams, or very gravelly loams throughout; no lime; no or little soil development (surface organic matter accumulation); the mapped area is dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 40 (Lampshire-Romero- Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes) and 20 (Cortaro-Rock outcrop-Faraway complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes) which comprise 81% and 11% of the unit, respectively

Geologic Materials:

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

Landforms:

coarsely to moderately dissected, moderately to deeply incised mountain slopes

Land Type Association: LTA 198

Ecological Unit: Desert-oak transition on mountains derived from granite, gneiss, and similar rocks

Map with the ELT 198b polygon highlighted.