Ecological Land Type

ELT 130b

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1115 m
Minimum in ft: 
3658 ft
Maximum: 
1411 m
Maximum in ft: 
4630 ft
Median: 
1256 m
Median in ft: 
4121 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; correlates with GES unit 490 characterized by very cobbly and cobbly sandy loams deep to granite or granite-like bedrock, lacking lime throughout, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal to modest soil development (clay accumulation), and associated rock outcroppings
Geologic Materials: 
slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and granite (TXg). They comprise 93% and 7% of the unit
Landforms: 
coarsely to finely dissected elevated plains and hills with weak drainage incision