Ecological Land Type

ELT 143b

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
890 m
Minimum in ft: 
2921 ft
Maximum: 
1833 m
Maximum in ft: 
6014 ft
Median: 
1270 m
Median in ft: 
4167 ft
Soil Summary: 
detailed soil survey information is not available for this unit; correlates with GES unit 475 characterized by extremely cobbly sandy loams shallow to granite or granite-like bedrock, acid soils lacking lime throughout, minimal soil development, and associated rock outcroppings
Geologic Materials: 
slope alluvium, colluvium and residuum associated mostly with Catalina-Rincon igneous metamorphic complex (TXm) and Catalina Granite and related rocks (Tg). They comprise 89% and 6% of the unit, respectively
Landforms: 
moderately dissected mountain slopes with moderate to deep drainage incision