ELT 25a

Elevation Range

Minimum:

1008 m

Minimum in ft:

3308 ft

Maximum:

1202 m

Maximum in ft:

3942 ft

Median:

1077 m

Median in ft:

3533 ft

Soil Summary:

mostly shallow to bedrock, a complex of limy very gravelly over extremely cobbly loams with little or no development associated with limestone, better developed extremely channery loams over extremely channery clays related to phyllite and lacking lime, and extremely gravelly loams associated with schist with lime accumulations; dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 57 (Mabray-Deloro-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 65 percent slopes) and 59 (Pantano-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes) which comprise 55% and 35% of the ELT, respectively

Geologic Materials:

alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with Horquilla Formation (Ph); Earp Formation (PPe); and the Epitaph Formation (Pe) which comprise 47%, 27% and 13% of the ELT, respectively

Landforms:

moderately dissected, weakly to moderately incised hills

Land Type Association: LTA 25

Ecological Unit: Upper Sonoran desert on hills and mountains of sedimentary, metasedimentary, and extrusive rocks

Map with the ELT 25a polygon highlighted.

ELT 25a

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