Ecological Land Type

ELT 12o

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1717 m
Minimum in ft: 
5633 ft
Maximum: 
2032 m
Maximum in ft: 
6668 ft
Median: 
1889 m
Median in ft: 
6198 ft
Soil Summary: 
very shallow and shallow, extremely gravelly sandy loam and very gravelly loam over very gravelly sandy loams and loams, no lime, no to moderate development; unit dominated by Pima County soil survey map unit 20 (Cortaro-Rock outcrop-Faraway complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes). This unit comprises 98% of the ELT
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: 
undissected mountain ridge