ELT 19c

Elevation Range

Minimum:

938 m

Minimum in ft:

3078 ft

Maximum:

1116 m

Maximum in ft:

3662 ft

Median:

1025 m

Median in ft:

3363 ft

Soil Summary:

dominant soils are very shallow to shallow to conglomerate and very deep, very gravelly fine sand or sandy loam surfaces over often stratified fine sand, sand, and gravelly coarse sand or sandy loam subsurface layers, mostly limy throughout, no or little soil development; unit is dominated by Cochise County, Northwestern Part soil survey unit 68 (Redington-Ripsey-Rock outcrop assoication, 15 to 70 percent slopes). This unit comprises 95% of the ELT

Geologic Materials:

alluvium and residuum associated with Quiburis formation, fine-grained (Tqf); conglomerate mostly older than Quiburis, San Manuel? (Tcg); Quiburis formation with Pleistocene terraces (Tq); and Pleistocene piedmont alluvium (Qy2) which comprise 51%, 25%, 15%, and 9% of the unit, respectively

Landforms:

moderately dissected, weakly to moderately incised fan and pediment surfaces

Land Type Association: LTA 19

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

Map with the ELT 19c polygon highlighted.

ELT 19c

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