Ecological Land Type

ELT 157a

Elevation Range
Minimum: 
1480 m
Minimum in ft: 
4857 ft
Maximum: 
2160 m
Maximum in ft: 
7086 ft
Median: 
1746 m
Median in ft: 
5728 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 mostly associated with Leatherwood Quartz Diorite (Kqdl). It comprises 97% of the unit
Landforms: 
finely dissected mountain slopes with shallow to deep drainage incision