Ecological Land Type

ELT 12f

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1342 m
Minimum in ft: 
4403 ft
Maximum: 
1945 m
Maximum in ft: 
6381 ft
Median: 
1675 m
Median in ft: 
5495 ft
Soil Summary: 
dominant soils are very shallow and shallow to bedrock, very cobbly loam and extremely or very gravelly sandy loam and loam surfaces over very cobbly and gravelly fine sandy loams, sandy loams and loams, no lime present, no to moderate development; dominated by Pima County soil survey map units 40 (Lampshire-Romero- Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes) and 20 (Cortaro-Rock outcrop-Faraway complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes). These units comprise 61% and 39% of the ELT, respectively
Geologic Materials: 
alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated with the Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm), landslide deposits (Qls), and felsic volcanic rocks (Tf) which comprise 96%, 1% and 1% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
coarsely to moderately dissected, weakly to moderately incised mountain slopes